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EMMELOORD, Netherlands (Reuters) -- Dutch inventors unveiled Monday a 75,000 euro ($111,100) car-fuelling robot they say is the first of its kind, working by registering the car on arrival at the filling station and matching it to a database of fuel cap designs and fuel types.

A robotic arm fitted with multiple sensors extends from a regular petrol pump, carefully opens the car's flap, unscrews the cap, picks up the fuel nozzle and directs it toward the tank opening, much as a human arm would, and as efficiently.

Зачем? Потому что закон о минимальной заработной плате.

Date: 2008-02-05 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
Ну как, в чем смысл. Борьба с безработицей и за пожарную безопасность. Вот где какая цена на бензин и почему, сказать не могу.