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Re: Evolution of garbage (truck)
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lugnet.town
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Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:44:17 GMT
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> > Version one, from (appx) 2000 or 2001
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=119657
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> > Version two, from early 2006
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1887050
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> > Current, late 2006 version:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=224867
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> Hey, Jonathan:
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> I like all three iterations, but especially the first one because it has actual
> passenger doors. 8--)=
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> Sadly, I think the traditional garbage truck, and, moreover, the "garbage man"
> (woman, though you don't see that many) may actually be in danger of extinction.
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> I was riding around Suffolk, Virginia over the holidays, and we got behind a
> garbage truck which had some sort of "robotic arm" coming out of the side of it,
> "grabbing" the garbage can (read: glorified dumpster) and lifting it up over the
> side of the truck to dump its contents.
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> I do wish I had a pic, but sadly, I don't. I guess it's only time before garbage
> trucks won't even need human drivers. 8---(P
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> RIP, garbage men (and women) and those aspiring to be.
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> Mike
> (former aspiring garbageman)
Thanks, Mike. I guess it would depend on where you live with regards to the
robotic arms on the trucks.
I don't know how quickly they are able to go thru their motions, but I can't see
them being faster than a human here in NYC.
I am thinking of traffic that would pile up behind them.
PS: it is on my agenda at some point to build a truck of this type.
Best,
Jonathan
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