Friday, 18 March 2016

Domino's is trialing an autonomous pizza delivery robot

quote [ Battery-powered pizzabot has 12-mile range; customers access pizza with a code. ]

Because apparently hungry people hate interacting with humans.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+4 laz0r]
[by mechanical contrivance@5:45pmGMT]

Comments

Bleb said @ 5:50pm GMT on 18th Mar
I hear Google has put Boston Dynamics up for sale. Maybe Boston Pizza should make an offer.
mechanical contrivance said @ 6:04pm GMT on 18th Mar
Why is it called Boston Pizza if it's Canadian? Also, I'm comforted that their whistle blower policy is stated on their web site.
Bleb said @ 6:35pm GMT on 18th Mar [Score:1 Insightful]
Because when Canadians think of pizza, we naturally think of the Irish.
HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 5:52pm GMT on 18th Mar
"Hey, why can't anyone afford to buy our goods and services anymore?"
"Dunno, that's a puzzler."
"Maybe we should ask your robot replacement?"
"Yeah, that's a-- what?"
Jodan said @ 6:29pm GMT on 18th Mar
My first thought was target practice rewarded with free pizza!
Hugh E. said @ 12:57am GMT on 19th Mar
I think that's traditionally known as a pizza delivery guy.
machpi said @ 9:44pm GMT on 18th Mar
I'm currently working on a device that can digest one of their pizzas, so humans need never enter into the loop.
Ankylosaur said @ 9:49pm GMT on 18th Mar
Now make it so it can harvest and prepare the raw ingredients, assemble and cook the pizza, and process credit card transactions. Then it can roam the wilderness selling pizzas.
HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 12:07am GMT on 19th Mar
I think if the people in Philip K. Dick's story "Autofac" had gotten pizzas along with the more useless items, they might not have tried to rebel so quickly.
mechanical contrivance said @ 3:01am GMT on 19th Mar
Keep your slaves well fed.
HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 3:39am GMT on 19th Mar
Not slaves. If you read the story, it's more of a "technology set in motion tends to stay in motion" sort of thing. In a post-apocalyptic setting, naturally.
mechanical contrivance said @ 4:02am GMT on 19th Mar
I was just making a general statement. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go stir 20 gallons of stew.
zarathustra said @ 11:33pm GMT on 18th Mar
I'm waiting for the first porno that has the milf come to the door without money and it deploys mecha-tentacles to let her "pay."
arrowhen said @ 2:27am GMT on 19th Mar
Plot twist: milf is also a sex robot.
mechanical contrivance said @ 3:05am GMT on 19th Mar
One day, there will be a porno where sexbots have sex with each other. No humans involved. It's inevitable.
Franger Sanger said @ 6:30am GMT on 19th Mar [Score:1 Funny]
If they film it, they should call it Mechanical Concupiscence in your honour.

Hopefully they also make a fat, unloved sexbot that you can install in your basement to jerk off to said porno.
zarathustra said @ 8:30am GMT on 19th Mar [Score:1 Funny]
and the circle is complete.
vintuk said @ 9:35pm GMT on 19th Mar
why don't they spend some money on improving their pizza instead?
mechanical contrivance said @ 1:14am GMT on 20th Mar
They recently changed their recipe. It's not bad, but not great.

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