Robotic Trashcan Moves To Catch Your Crappy Shots

This is a video of a robotic trashcan on wheels that moves to catch everything you throw at it. That way you score a basket every time and don't feel like such a CLUMSY LOSER. Sure it would be way cheaper to roll your office chair over there and pick it up, but who wants to bend over? Not this guy! Even the thought of it makes me queasy. Still, I can think of ONE good use for a robotic trashcan. "Catching dynamite?" *wink* Does ACME still deliver?

Hit the jump for a video of the thing, actual demo starts at 2:20, everything before that is design and build.

Thanks to Louis, xeno and chat_bleu, who dispose of trash the fun way: burning it all in a wastebasket. F*** YEAH, FIRE.

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