In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores
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Okay I guess I could phrase that better but this is the first time they've used public mass transit infrastructure that I've heard of. I will edit my comment to include the phrase "mass transit".
Yeah tbh that's kinda bad. I dont wan't delivery trucks in my subway
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In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores
The project, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, will see robots ride subway trains to deliver goods to more than 100 stores across Shenzhen.
South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com)
They look like oversized iMacs on wheeled platforms.
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more than 1,600 robotics companies.
In one city. Christ.
China's government is handing out massive subsidies for everything called robotics. This causes the number of companies that claim to do robotics to be inflated
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In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores
The project, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, will see robots ride subway trains to deliver goods to more than 100 stores across Shenzhen.
South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com)
If the bots are required to have paid transit passes and if they're confined to off-peak hours when the subways aren't full anyway, this could actually be a net win for mass transit: they're putting money into the system while consuming relatively few resources, so the bots can fund improvements that benefit humans.
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If the bots are required to have paid transit passes and if they're confined to off-peak hours when the subways aren't full anyway, this could actually be a net win for mass transit: they're putting money into the system while consuming relatively few resources, so the bots can fund improvements that benefit humans.
Good point. If trains are empty might as well use them.
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more than 1,600 robotics companies.
In one city. Christ.
industries tend to be more centralized in China. It's not that that's indicative of every city, more that Shenzhen already has easy access to the kind of manufacturing and products that a robotics company would find ideal.
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If the bots are required to have paid transit passes and if they're confined to off-peak hours when the subways aren't full anyway, this could actually be a net win for mass transit: they're putting money into the system while consuming relatively few resources, so the bots can fund improvements that benefit humans.
Yeah. Just need to make sure that sensible restrictions are in place to prevent the creep into turning a public service into primarily a commercial one. Starts out only running during off hours, then running during active hours at a reduced rate, then it's got dedicated cars for the robots, then it overflows into passenger cars... you see where it's going. Best to set up guard rails before it's a problem.
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China's government is handing out massive subsidies for everything called robotics. This causes the number of companies that claim to do robotics to be inflated
Same here in the US with AI, but instead of the government giving subsidies its venture capitalists.
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In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores
The project, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, will see robots ride subway trains to deliver goods to more than 100 stores across Shenzhen.
South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com)
China is awesome
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In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores
The project, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, will see robots ride subway trains to deliver goods to more than 100 stores across Shenzhen.
South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com)
If I had the chance to ride the subway with one of these cuties it would make my day.
