* Posts by matthew_exon

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Skype founders planning non-drone robodelivery fleet. Repeat, not drones

matthew_exon

Stuck robots

I'm sure it will get stuck and be a disaster, but devil's advocate: If it gets stuck, so what? Page a zero-hours flesh-drone to go get it unstuck. More expensive, but without the trundle-bot you'd have had to pay the flesh-drone to go the same distance anyway. If it works, say, 90% of deliveries, you're ahead of the game.

That of course is the same strategy used for automated check-out tills.

Also, the wheel configuration seems very reminiscent of the various Mars rovers, so I bet NASA's got a bunch of surprisingly clever algorithms worked out. This is exactly the kind of thing that's supposed to justify all that messing around with rockets. (If it works.)