August 12th, 2006, 06:26 PM
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Robotic carts coming to a grocery store near you
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Could this be coming to a grocery store near you? A University of Florida engineering student has designed a robotic shopping cart that follows you around the supermarket, slows down when needed so items can be placed in it, and has sensors so it never crashes into your heels.
Gregory Garcia dreamed up the robotic cart — known as B.O.S.S. for Battery Operated Smart Servant — to solve a childhood peeve of being accidentally bumped with shopping carts by his sister.
"The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me," Garcia said. "It seems like the public would really want this since everybody shops."
We just hope he comes up with a gizmo that automatically ejects that bag of candy kids always try to sneak into the cart.
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Oh man how lazy can we be now? 
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August 13th, 2006, 08:24 PM
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Re: Robotic cart
I like the not crashing into heels part. Man that hurts.
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August 14th, 2006, 02:30 PM
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Re: Robotic cart
I bet it still finds some way to sitting in the middle of the aisle.
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August 14th, 2006, 03:26 PM
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Re: Robotic cart
Oh Im sure or getting a wonky wheel. I got one of those carts yesterday, damn it to hell.
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August 14th, 2006, 07:24 PM
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Re: Robotic carts coming to a grocery store near you
 oh great. now we will have human whales not only hogging the aisle with their scooters but now they will have yet another basket to fill with their high calorie slop... disgusting.
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August 14th, 2006, 07:57 PM
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Re: Robotic carts coming to a grocery store near you
Cool that he invented it...but it's freaking useless and has no real world value.
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August 14th, 2006, 08:22 PM
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Re: Robotic carts coming to a grocery store near you
Does it load your groceries in the car?? Haul them in the house?? Put them in their proper places??? Cook them up??
Otherwise, not interested.
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