Last Updated on: 26th February 2024, 06:58 pm
Quick question. Does the idea of a gas-pumping robot sound like a bad one to anybody else, or is it just me being silly?
In case you’re wondering how the €75,000 technological miracle does its stuff, it has a database of vehicles, with their corresponding fuel cap designs and fuel types. Reuters elaborates: “A robotic arm fitted with multiple sensors extends from a regular petrol pump, carefully opens the car’s flap, unscrews the cap, picks up the fuel nozzle and directs it toward the tank opening, much as a human arm would, and as efficiently.”
Mr van Staveren told the agency: “I was on a farm and I saw a robotic arm milking a cow. If a robot can do that then why can’t it fill a car tank, I thought.”
Well, I can think of a couple reasons…
