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.
