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Dustbot Is Coming for Your Garbage

by Evan Shamoon on July 6, 2009 at 09:30 AM



If you're lazy, have no friends, and live in Italy, you may have just met your all-in-one solution. The Italian-designed Dustbot is a 4-foot tall robot built to collect your garbage with a smile on its face.

The idea is that using your cell phone, you'll be able to call Dustbot to come by whenever you have trash that needs to be disposed of. You select the type of trash you've got -- glass, organic matter, other robots named Dustbot -- and the robot takes it away for drop-off at a specified location. The invention is particularly convenient in the narrow, cobblestone streets of Italy, where garbage trucks don't really fit. It's also more effective, as forgetting to take the trash out doesn't mean waiting a full week to have it picked up again.

Dustbot is also kept upright with the help of a gyroscope (much like a Segway), and an onboard GPS helps it get around. It's still a concept, but you just know it won't be too long before we've got thousands of these little buggers roaming the streets. [From: DVICE]

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