Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by rsync 844 days ago
I very much want a stabilized platform vehicle that I can send point-to-point with a payload on it.

So, a gyro-stabilized platform like a segway that I can send back and forth from point A to point B on a not-terrible-but-rough (walking path) route.

I have tried to stay abreast of the options in the past and have never seen anything that matches this ... does anyone know if there is anything new that matches this use-case ?

(the use-case is a tray of drinks and hors d'oeuvres that needs to go from one part of a property to another without spilling ... needs to be minimally all-terrain)

3 comments

You’ve maybe seen these already in restaurants? https://www.pudurobotics.com/product/detail/bellabot

Not sure I’ve seen them take drinks though, but definitely food.

Some of these robots are kind of "jittery" from what I've seen, I've seen soup delivered without spilling but it might not work well with drinks (not on "rough" terrain obviously)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGzRfvgnS_s

The technology's out there, just need to glue it all together.

You can carry drinks on a plate suspended on strings. Keeps g pointing towards the bottom of the glasses. No electronic stabilizing needed.