The Japanese are well known for crafting useful robots to do the dirty work for humans who'd rather park it at home, and the Yuki-taro autonomous snowplow is just another example of machines taking care of the business people can't (or won't).
Enter Yuki-Taro, an autonomous snowplow that gathers up sidewalk snow and converts it into small, manageable ice blocks that it deposits behind itself as it goes.
That's right boys and girls -- it eats snow and poops ice.
Created by a consortium of private companies, municipal governments and university researchers, Yuki-taro is equipped with two video cameras in his "eyes" as well as a GPS tracking system to be completely self-guided.
More Info:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/02/yuki-taro-autonomous-snowplow-robot/
http://highlyrecommended.blogspot.com/2007/02/yuki-taro.html
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