I disagree with you, Matt. You shoul ABSOLUTELY find this as fun as you are doing. Don't shame yourself for glee, wonder and excitement. Those are reasons to keep living.
I worked in central MK when they were being developed around here and it was fascinating watching them go from being stalked by human operators to being very hesitant on their own to getting a lot more assertive. I wonder how much was us learning to be with them and not the otherway round (interesting to compare to non-mk launches)
I go to Arizona State University, where these are everywhere because ASU helped develop them. Every once in a while you’ll see a robot torture circle, where a dozen or so people circle round a robot on a delivery and watch it continuously try to reroute to avoid obstacles, spinning endlessly around in circles
Purdue student here, we've also got Starships. Ours are now armed with very alarming messages when people try to torture circle them - "step away from me in the next 5 seconds or I will call the police!"
I still can't believe they're used for anything at all. Here in Estonia they still get stuck all the time, especially in the winter when there's not enough traction.
I instantly smile whenever I see Matt has a new video up. Matt, your sense of glee and joy at so many things is one of the reasons you're among my favorite RUclipsrs.
We have some similar robots running around my university delivering food. Annoying little bastards when someone orders food at 2AM and it plays it's little "I'm here with your food!" line. On a side note, they're very easy to trap with traffic cones, which is more fun than it should be.
Honestly, this just goes to show that my comment on Matt's Tech Dif Big Day Out video (talking about how of *course* Matt's instalment wound be wholesome, that's his whole vibe) was absolutely spot on, and on this point at least I'm thrilled to be proven right again! ^.^
This feels like your 2nd round of "Tech Diff's Big Day Out" that didn't make the cut, because it wasn't ten minutes of content. 😅 Matt Grey is one of the most amazing celebrities on RUclips. He seems so real.
My town has a company that's been deploying very similar robots. One day I was out for a walk and came across one that had stalled right in the middle of the entrance to a car park and was blocking the traffic. So myself and a couple of teenagers decided to pick the thing up and move a few meters so that it wasn't blocking the traffic.
My town has these in the US, but car traffic is too high so these little guys take a long time to cross multiple streets to deliver their contents, making cold things too warm and hot things too cold. The sidewalk is also tiny so only one of them can be on it at a time and sometime, they'll meet another one head on and they do the little scooch to the side, but not the right side and scooch multiple times until they can let each other continue. It's pretty cute! I've seen little kids try to play with one and the little guy would say they are working and can't play.
I've put one back on the footpath in the past on the way from the Kingston shopping mall to Kents Hill Park conference centre in MK. I also noticed Kingston Library uses them to deliver books!
I love the fact that we as a society are at a point where we basically have slightly less rugged (and significantly smarter) versions of the earliest moon rovers just goin around delivering stuff and singing the occasional song.
Cool to see that our little Estonian robots have made it to Matt's channel. They're made by Starship and I love seeing them go about near my home here in Tallinn
I wonder how these would manage somewhere like Edinburgh which has lots of hills, pot-holes, and streets currently full of tourists who don't make way for humans to get past.
the hills would not be a problem. humans are more of a challenge. same reason they don't really work well here in the Netherlands to much cyclists. to much uncertainties'
they have these all over the local college campus. and it... goes about as well as you would think. drunk college kids tipping them on their side and putting them in awkward situations and they cant navigate.
I think Mr Gray needs to be waaay more active on here, he's one of the few RUclipsrs that instantly makes me smile when I see him pop up in my feed, and reasons to smile are sadly few and far between just now in our world. And Can I have a robot, please? Ta much.
1902: "Why am I in London? I've come to see the latest innovation by Britain's finest boffins! Now, you might have heard of the wonders of the telephone, allowing our fine local government to communicate back to westminster and for traders place orders, but one local establishment has came up with a spiffing idea! What's happened is I've used the telephone not to order a shipment of goods, but a cup of tea! And the man with his cart and horse are taking it to me where I told them I will be! I'm at the tea house and he's presenting a ticket and handing over the order to the deliveryman - there's my tea!"
Oh that’s cool, I’m a robotics student and I think I can see how these work for the most part! I bet the hardest thing is making sure people don’t kick them over
@@LeatherCap that actually makes a lot of sense to me!! folks love lil inanimate objects, i know i fell in love with robotics for similar reasons!! i guess appealing to human nature is really the way to go!! :)
I saw a robot in the shopping mall but the shop it was in was closed. I tried to get it to wave at me but it didn't then it captured my face (recognition) and when I moved side to side it followed me with it's head... I was so chuffed but I'm sad I didn't get to meet it. It was one of those friendly Japanese robots on wheels. It had arms and hands with fingers and a body and a head. I hope I get there early enough one day to see it.
What a cute little fella, I'm sure it wouldn't cause any destruction of humanity and the world in couple years once the AI singularity inevitably turned into us
hitchBOT successfully hitchhiked across Canada coast to coast, but when they tried to cross the US it got decapitated and stripped for parts in Philadelphia
I disagree with you, Matt.
You shoul ABSOLUTELY find this as fun as you are doing.
Don't shame yourself for glee, wonder and excitement. Those are reasons to keep living.
This could have been inserted into a childrens television program about robots, and it would have fit in so perfectly, even the bye bye robot!
Yeah, Matt has big children's presenter energy, and that is meant as a huge compliment!
a modern version of Brum
Wow, now that you mention it... I totally get what you mean. I'd forgotten those were a thing!
Are American children's tv programmes in portrait mode nowadays?
@@607 american?
Not sure which is cuter: the robot, or Matt's reactions to it. Super adorable!
I love the genuinly worried "Oh, is it stuck? D:" I love how we as a species just see robots as weird animals.
Matt Gray playing with a robot improves a Monday by approximately 638%.
The math checks out!
Matt Gray playing with delivery robots. Amazing content, this is why I subscribed.
the child-like giggle halfway through is just so sweet to hear
the innocence and wholesomeness with new tech like this is just wonderful
I worked in central MK when they were being developed around here and it was fascinating watching them go from being stalked by human operators to being very hesitant on their own to getting a lot more assertive. I wonder how much was us learning to be with them and not the otherway round (interesting to compare to non-mk launches)
My uni has these. Very convenient, plus if they're stuck and you help them out they say "thank you!"
I go to Arizona State University, where these are everywhere because ASU helped develop them. Every once in a while you’ll see a robot torture circle, where a dozen or so people circle round a robot on a delivery and watch it continuously try to reroute to avoid obstacles, spinning endlessly around in circles
Purdue student here, we've also got Starships. Ours are now armed with very alarming messages when people try to torture circle them - "step away from me in the next 5 seconds or I will call the police!"
I still can't believe they're used for anything at all. Here in Estonia they still get stuck all the time, especially in the winter when there's not enough traction.
wow, rude
@@Yorick257 to be fair, this is Arizona we’re talking about. Until you get into the mountains, snow and ice is just not a thing
Yeah, I went to ASU to conduct a study and saw a couple of these robots. So damn cute
I instantly smile whenever I see Matt has a new video up.
Matt, your sense of glee and joy at so many things is one of the reasons you're among my favorite RUclipsrs.
Human will pack bond with literally anything
We have some similar robots running around my university delivering food. Annoying little bastards when someone orders food at 2AM and it plays it's little "I'm here with your food!" line.
On a side note, they're very easy to trap with traffic cones, which is more fun than it should be.
It's so wholesome, can't stop smiling
So that's what the Mouse Droids on the Death Star were doing - delivering tea!
Honestly, this just goes to show that my comment on Matt's Tech Dif Big Day Out video (talking about how of *course* Matt's instalment wound be wholesome, that's his whole vibe) was absolutely spot on, and on this point at least I'm thrilled to be proven right again! ^.^
We have the same little robots delivering groceries up here. They take you on a very brisk walk if you try to follow one going along :D
Matt out here with the wholesomeness we didn't know we needed!
This feels like your 2nd round of "Tech Diff's Big Day Out" that didn't make the cut, because it wasn't ten minutes of content. 😅 Matt Grey is one of the most amazing celebrities on RUclips. He seems so real.
My town has a company that's been deploying very similar robots. One day I was out for a walk and came across one that had stalled right in the middle of the entrance to a car park and was blocking the traffic. So myself and a couple of teenagers decided to pick the thing up and move a few meters so that it wasn't blocking the traffic.
aww, that's lovely. Yes, be kind to the robots; they'll thank your descendants.
Robot off to tell his mates "I MET MATT GRAY!!1!"
Good for you! Never lose that child-like joy in these things! Thanks for the fun little video, and I'm glad to see you're doing well!
My town has these in the US, but car traffic is too high so these little guys take a long time to cross multiple streets to deliver their contents, making cold things too warm and hot things too cold.
The sidewalk is also tiny so only one of them can be on it at a time and sometime, they'll meet another one head on and they do the little scooch to the side, but not the right side and scooch multiple times until they can let each other continue. It's pretty cute!
I've seen little kids try to play with one and the little guy would say they are working and can't play.
as someone who has always lived in MK it's weird to think that other cities *don't* have our lil roboto friends
We have those delivery robots here in Finland.
@@anttibjorklund1869 considering they were developed in Estonia, this isn't really a surprise
@@jur4x I was just replying to OP's "other cities" bit. Looking back, he must've meant "in the UK".
We also have them in Madison Wisconsin, although only around the uni
My town has had them for about the last year.
It feels like we’ve had these silly little robots for ages and they’re just normal so it’s fun to see them as such a novelty for you
I've put one back on the footpath in the past on the way from the Kingston shopping mall to Kents Hill Park conference centre in MK.
I also noticed Kingston Library uses them to deliver books!
I love the fact that we as a society are at a point where we basically have slightly less rugged (and significantly smarter) versions of the earliest moon rovers just goin around delivering stuff and singing the occasional song.
I used to work with these little ones, I miss em. They are seriously adorable.
Cool to see that our little Estonian robots have made it to Matt's channel. They're made by Starship and I love seeing them go about near my home here in Tallinn
I like that it says "Open Here", and Matt proceeds to try the other end.
Was the Happy Birthday for the Mars rover? I heard on the news (Sveriges Radio, public service) that many robot mowers from Husqvarna would do that
They've got these in my town (Wellingborough) now and they are fabulous! I got my breakfast delivered on one the other day
i've used them for ages in MK, they're great aren't they!
This entire video is just so wholesome!
This world needs more cute robots like these
I see these around in Northampton at work sometimes, and I just find them adorable
If more mid-shortform (TikTok/YT shorts style) content was like this, I'd watch more of it
Very sweet! hopefully Matt is spared in the robot uprising led by these things
We have these at my university they're adorable
-"What is my purpose?"
-Bringing tee
-Oh my god.
I'm in the Northampton catchment for them; I've known one wait for 45 minutes at a pedestrian crossing for somebody to stop the traffic for it...
We got these at my university here in the US last spring and they are always so funny to see driving around
I wonder how these would manage somewhere like Edinburgh which has lots of hills, pot-holes, and streets currently full of tourists who don't make way for humans to get past.
the hills would not be a problem. humans are more of a challenge. same reason they don't really work well here in the Netherlands to much cyclists. to much uncertainties'
Finally, someone has found a reason to go to Milton Keynes!
Good to see you again
Heh. Thought for a moment you were at Purdue University
That's where those cute lil droids started
Perhaps they'll remake Brum with one of these?...
That was simultaneously the most Matt and most british thing I am going to see today.
It took me a day to realize how much this video reminds me of The IT Crowd when Moss meets the bomb disposal robot.
haha...just watched this and had that conversation, then read your comment :) Absolutely!
they have these all over the local college campus. and it... goes about as well as you would think. drunk college kids tipping them on their side and putting them in awkward situations and they cant navigate.
My old university has a bunch of these robots scooting around, to help deal with the COVID issues.
I think Mr Gray needs to be waaay more active on here, he's one of the few RUclipsrs that instantly makes me smile when I see him pop up in my feed, and reasons to smile are sadly few and far between just now in our world.
And
Can I have a robot, please? Ta much.
im still surprised that I've never seen one damaged. I've lived in mk all my life.
1902: "Why am I in London? I've come to see the latest innovation by Britain's finest boffins! Now, you might have heard of the wonders of the telephone, allowing our fine local government to communicate back to westminster and for traders place orders, but one local establishment has came up with a spiffing idea! What's happened is I've used the telephone not to order a shipment of goods, but a cup of tea! And the man with his cart and horse are taking it to me where I told them I will be! I'm at the tea house and he's presenting a ticket and handing over the order to the deliveryman - there's my tea!"
Oh that’s cool, I’m a robotics student and I think I can see how these work for the most part! I bet the hardest thing is making sure people don’t kick them over
almost everyone here basically loves the lil robots so 90% of the time people actually help them get unstuck!
Taking cues from robot wars the options are a self-righting flipper or wheels taller than the body.
@@jonathanshaw6784 Just give 'em guns so they can defend them self. 🙂
@@LeatherCap that actually makes a lot of sense to me!! folks love lil inanimate objects, i know i fell in love with robotics for similar reasons!! i guess appealing to human nature is really the way to go!! :)
glad to see you having fun. :)
seen these in cambourne too!
I've seen these things in Mountain View, and they're adorable.
Brilliant!
Yeah, I can't wait to play with one of those one day and I'm meant to be a middle-aged 'grownup'!
Adorable robot
I saw a robot in the shopping mall but the shop it was in was closed. I tried to get it to wave at me but it didn't then it captured my face (recognition) and when I moved side to side it followed me with it's head... I was so chuffed but I'm sad I didn't get to meet it. It was one of those friendly Japanese robots on wheels. It had arms and hands with fingers and a body and a head. I hope I get there early enough one day to see it.
At Milton Keynes
🥺 I hope that robot has a nice day
Now I know some of these were using clickworkers for navigation a few years ago. Has that changed?
I used to work for starship. Had to deal with some funny stuff its tragic that they left my college's campus
We have these things on campus in my home town.
What a cute little fella, I'm sure it wouldn't cause any destruction of humanity and the world in couple years once the AI singularity inevitably turned into us
Beware the cute ones!
the bounciest smile on the internet! keep it up, matt!
I also tried to open the front of my first one, despite the clear "Open here" label and instructions on the app 🤣
Imagine coffee shops selling beverages...
I love it!
this is soooooooooooooo adorable
that was proper cool
How did you resist the urge to hug it?
tea-riffic!
Did you have to scan something to unlock it?
We have the in Kempston they are a 100% pain in the A**
This is incredible 😁 I love it hahaha
ITS BEEN 7 MONTHS MATT
Did it not get stuck in traffic lights? That's what those robots do here.
Weren't these run by remote control from people in Colombia?
What I want to know Is what's stopping people stealing the coffee
So, you walked with it to where you told it you were going to be?
What if you're up a set of stairs?
Top content!
the robot needs some googly eyes or a digital face
But was the tea still hot?
Why can’t we have such nice things here in the states? :,)
Remember hitchBOT? :D
You guys litterally get everything, give us this one at least.
@@des3iny Was about to say the same thing. Apparently hitchBOT made it across Canada okay and other countries as well.
We have them here too, in limited areas I'm sure, but we do have them
hitchBOT successfully hitchhiked across Canada coast to coast, but when they tried to cross the US it got decapitated and stripped for parts in Philadelphia
Singing robotic tea‽
Stick googly eyes on them?
should've gone to bedford or Northampton. they're better than mk and they've got the robots as well
They're in Bedford now? I've not seen them around before.
@@tomwatts703 They arrived a few weeks ago, with much fanfare/scorn/delight/mystery on the local facebooks.
Yeah! Get me dem delivery robots so I don't have to feel bad for the people that bring me stuff!