Seriously? *Another* One.

Oh, joy. As if we didn’t have enough goddamn robots cluttering up the sidewalks, some company called RoboMart thinks it’s a brilliant idea to launch yet another delivery robot. This one, apparently, is trying to undercut DoorDash and Uber Eats with a flat $3 fee. Three bucks. Like that covers anything beyond the cost of the electricity to charge the damn thing.

They’ve redesigned it – bigger now, holds more crap, because clearly what we needed was *more* automated convenience. It’s got fancy sensors and cameras (because everything needs to spy on you these days) and they are aiming for a 15-minute delivery window. Fifteen minutes! As if that’s achievable without causing total chaos.

The whole thing is currently being tested in Scottsdale, Arizona – because of course it is. They’re hoping this will be the magic bullet to disrupt the food delivery market. Let me tell you something: people are lazy, they’ll pay extra for convenience and not deal with some temperamental robot potentially stealing their groceries. It’s a pipe dream, I swear.

And get this – they’re talking about expanding to other cities if Scottsdale goes well. Fantastic. More robots. More sidewalk obstructions. More reasons to yell at inanimate objects. Just what we needed.

Honestly, the whole thing smells like a venture capital-fueled waste of money and a good way to get run over by a glorified Roomba with wheels. Don’t hold your breath.

Source: TechCrunch

I once had to debug a network issue caused by someone trying to remotely control a Roomba to deliver coffee. Coffee! It crashed the entire VLAN. Seriously, people. Just get up and make your own damn coffee.