Robocup Golf Ball Return Robot

You know what? If you love practicing your putting, then you had better be a good shot otherwise you would end up spending more time retrieving those wayward golf balls instead of celebrating your successes. Of course, there is always the option of training a dog to let it do all the retrieving, but it doesnt really help in a way since you will end up with dog slobber all over your balls.

Enter the Robocup Golf Ball Return Robot. This £42.99 purchase must have been on the must have list for plenty of golfers for the longest time already, where it was specially designed to eliminate backache from putting practice.

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Automated GUSS Golf Carts Will Be Militarized Soon

Drones are ubiquitous on today’s modern battlefields, from Iraq to Afghanistan and everywhere in between. Automated, gear-lugging golf carts? Not so much. That’s about to change though, thanks to a little guy named GUSS.

GUSS, short for Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate, is a short range hauler akin to BigDog, but without the terrifying night terrors.

Also like BigDog, GUSS is controlled remotely by a system called WaySight. Using its collection of sensors and computer algorithms, GUSS can traverse all sorts of terrain in the day, night and even inclement weather.

And even though GUSS is golf cart-esque, it’s more than capable of moving 1,800 lbs.

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