Dutch inventors have unveiled a high-tech gas-pumping robot, priced at a hefty $110,000, that works by “registering the car on arrival at the filling station and matching it to a database of fuel cap designs and fuel types.” Video after the jump. Click here for first picture in gallery.
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