UNITX Robotic Delivery System
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 16 of February , 2009 at 5:57 am
This is an interesting concept… Entrepreneur/artist Michael Marcovicia envisions a system called UNITX (united networks international transport exchange) that, at some point in the future, will deliver goods within large urban areas. The system depends on logibots, which will zip around in a network of electrified underground tunnels:
The logibots are able to transport up to 4 boxes with dimensions of up to 60×60x45 cm. They can travel with a top speed of 50 km/h, not only able to move forward and backward, but also up and down in the corridors. This way, sending and receiving merchandise or items in general becomes much easier. Deliveries will only take 20 minutes on average, no packaging is required, special logibots could offer cooling or freezing services, X-Ray or bomb detection.
The little knobbly things on the corners are called Vclimbs. When traveling through the tunnels horizontally, the Vclimbs keep the logibot suspended while it’s propelled along by wheels. To move vertically, the Vclimbs rotate and the logibot climbs or descends.
Marcovicia says that “the implementation of UNITX could change the economy dramatically, the repairing and borrowing of goods will be much easier, and logistics and warehousing would undergo fundamental changes as well; also, the relation between producer and customer could be enhanced radically, with UNITX holding potential for a completely new dimension of service on a much more personal and individual level.” That all might be true, but it’s going to take a heck of a lot of infrastructure to get something like this up and running… And I mean, when you think about the effort involved, sending packages through the mail is already pretty damn cheap and convenient.
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