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Humanoid beer-and-pizza-fetching robot is charmingly retro
Delivery robots are starting to hit the streets, but few do it with as much joie de vivre as a new device called the Fundroid. The gender-neutral beer-and-pizza-fetching robot, lovingly nicknamed Funnie, debuted at the Software For Artists event Sunday in Brooklyn, New York. Funnie made its way to a nearby pizza store and bodega to order, pay for and deliver food and beverages to the guests at nonprofit foundation Pioneer Works, which hosted the event.
ICYMI: Floating wind farm, autonomous robot delivery & more
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