If you carry equipment to do home repairs, remodeling or gardening, you'll soon be able to have a robotic pack mule.
Fast Forward Piaggio, the company that wowed post-war Europe with its speedy Vesta motorcycle, is producing a cargo robot.
The round 24-inch robot is a bit like a land drone, according to the company. Named Gita (Gee-ta), it can roll while hauling 40 pounds of equipment. It follows a human who can teach it to remember routes. It can even remember how to get back home by itself.
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The company hopes it will be of use to wheel-chair users or anyone that must carry heavy loads.
Although introduced in February this year, it is not entirely clear whether the robot can actually be purchased or what it will cost.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
