I binge watched a YT channel called GTOger. A small company with a private parking lot. The shenanigans of people getting towed, the commentary and the musical effects are HILARIOUS.
I want to see this robot given the ability to suplex a car straight into a cuber. I don't actually want that to happen to anyone's car (not even asshats), I just want to watch Adam Savage design and build it.
I lived in Liverpool for 6 months, in one of the roughest parts. The local park had a mini-moto gang. I saw a guy with a balaclava on hit a cctv camera pole with a sledgehammer for 30 minutes before he realised someone had already stolen the camera. My car got broken into twice then stolen and the police forced me to buy the wreck back from them for twice what I bought the car for. There are off licenses that are just barred windows in random walls. Liverpool is a bit Florida. Almost as bad.
Showing your ignorance. That's a London/southern accent your mimicking (apart from, what I assume is "top of the morning to you", which is widely considered Irish). Liverpudlians have an incredibly distinctive accent that is recognisable anywhere in the UK.
I'm a tow operator. This is an interesting idea, but honestly takes SO much longer than a normal wheel lift with dollies. The full set-up time to get a car loaded on this, and then driven to a flatbed. I could be hooked up and gone. These guys must be paid per hour, not per call. Strictly from an efficiency standpoint, this seems frivolous and slow.
Just thinking about the time they towed my car as "abandoned" because it didn't have any wheels on it. Because my wheels had just been stolen an hour before. They just dragged it on the brake discs right up onto a flatbed. So nice of them. Definitely didn't fuck anything up.
It's illegal to tow a blue badge in a handicap space. That car is parked on a double yellow. Even if they have a blue badge, which I don't see, they can only park there for 3 hours. And yes, a blue badge can be towed if it is parked illegally
where is the badge? & is it illegal to tow an illegally parked car? im assuming the double yellow line by the curb & sat they are parked on a corner & partially blocking the roadway that it's illegal
Overstayed, or just no handicapped parking permit. I kind of feel like there shouldn't be a strict time limit on handicapped parking usage for those who need them.
When you use the “timer”, it’s 3 hours. Car parks and chargeable parking bays are whatever the restrictions are, so for however long you’ve paid for. Car looks like it has a permit, the blue thing on the dash. Bear in mind, UK disabled permits aren’t necessarily for the driver.
US disabled placards/decals look very different. Did not recognize the UK one. But we also can get them if a vehicle is used to transport a disabled person frequently.
UK ones are for the person, so you get an ID permit and a “clock” to show when you arrived, the permit holder can use it in any vehicle as long as they get out.
This is so cool. Does the robot has enough weight on the back to handle heavier cars? I mean that Volvo certainly isn't light, but pretty sure there are bigger and heavier cars/trucks than that.
If it's battery operated I guarantee that things heavy as hell a lot of Fork trucks are battery operated and I can tell you right now I would rather get run over by a station wagon than a Ford truck this battery operated
Even in the USA they’re still not a common sight, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the full size h1 in person, just this one yellow h2 that someone somehow has owned and maintained all these years
Definition of robot; look it up. “Resembles living creature” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robot then there is “device that automatically performs complicated, often repetitive tasks” automatic shouldn’t need operator.
Having intelligence means knowing robot means humanoid automaton... Having wisdom is knowing people use words wrong all the time and still convey their message correctly.
Wouldn't it need to be able to do at least one autonomous task without direction to be considered a robot? Even the semi-autonomous robots should be able to do at least one task, otherwise a forklift is a robot. A car with ABS is a robot. An RC toy is a robot. What if the RC operator was in a cabin on the vehicle, piloting it from there. Would we say he's piloting a robot? In that case, would there even be a difference between this and a forklift?
That's what I was thinking too. In my opinion it's not a robot, it's a fully remote-controlled vehicle that doesn't have any autonomous funtions. (A self-driving car on the other hand absolutely is a robot.)
southpawsforeffect
TowBot
ouroborus777
Looks like it might be this one https://en.eastract.com/products-towing/eastract-tow-truck-with-caterpillars.html
beanieweanie
Reminds me that of those wind up flipper things from Mario 64 that would throw you high in the air and were 100% unavoidable
OBM1
What's wrong with the normal way of doing it?
Slugsie
Hey, I grew up in Crosby. Probably the first time I've ever seen it mentioned randomly online.
JerryManderring
Same here and I live here now - this is a few hundred metres away
ninjamantid
liverpool? how has that thing not been flipped over and set on fire?
JerryManderring
The robot or the car?
anotherIngloriousHandle
can it lift an EV? because EVs are generally much heavier
VodkaReindeer
How does it trigger the blinkies?
scr1bbl3
Do unmute
GrimNyrah
I binge watched a YT channel called GTOger. A small company with a private parking lot. The shenanigans of people getting towed, the commentary and the musical effects are HILARIOUS.
ricbri695
Can’t wait til it gets some battlebots mods to just start flipping cars
spazztastic
How did it activate the blinkers? Unless the driver was there?
ariochrn
Car alarm going off?
spazztastic
Roit good point, they all are a bit different I guess.
slidewhistlesymphony
Should not have parked there. O.o
DrKonrad
I'd like to see that more often, especially at supermarkets. Number of people parking in disabled parking spots is too damn high!
HandoB4Javert
Brave New Worlds
Like2Fox
Robot sex is weird
swatz
that's just the dancing beforehand, you don't want to see the rest.
jasonboison
youreathing
I'm disabled!
EpilatorAlligatorBothReduceGrowth
Leg disabled!
marquettegoldeneagles
God damnit this was the funniest episode. I laughed so hard!
whitebbwolf
ooohhhh I need that. fuckers keep parking outside where they do not belong
Hairarse
Vroomba
whitebbwolf
SubsyServy
Clearly the car is disabled it needs a wheel(tracks)chair.
UghItsThatGuy
I eagerly await the escalation when a bored engineer decides to make a robot to beat that robot.
cosonfused
somewhere, Craig Charles just got a raging erection and doesn't know why.
Nalianna
Dionysus187
then it turns out to be a little roomba thing that whips detachable rubber strips into its tracks and jams it up.
Burke616
Street Fighter: Battlebots Edition: Super-Extra-Heavyweight Class!
SirHonytawk
I believe that is called Battlebots, formerly known as Robot Wars.
Ghlargh
Battlebots is the US version of Robot Wars, they were both produced simultaneously.
SchlappaDaBass
Trace Buster Buster
fknbastard
I want to see this robot combined with a catapult. Goes under car. Lifts car. Moves to open area with car. Yeets car.
ChloeRed
Would be a lot of work with a catapult. Less work with a trebuchet...
Eazeh
I want to see this robot given the ability to suplex a car straight into a cuber. I don't actually want that to happen to anyone's car (not even asshats), I just want to watch Adam Savage design and build it.
cosonfused
Nah dude, that's Jamie's thing. Jamie's WAY more technically and mechanically inclined. He made a vending robot for a commercial once, and>
cosonfused
now he's designing and making a fire-rescue vehicle out of an old tank/APC?
JimboTCB
So does it move the car somewhere else, or just go down the road and yeet it into a canal?
ChloeRed
Onto a flatbed, easier than needing a hiab crane on the truck and lifting it.
MrHappySmiles
This only works because they don’t have Florida Man in Liverpool…
reverendmalerik
I lived in Liverpool for 6 months, in one of the roughest parts. The local park had a mini-moto gang. I saw a guy with a balaclava on hit a cctv camera pole with a sledgehammer for 30 minutes before he realised someone had already stolen the camera. My car got broken into twice then stolen and the police forced me to buy the wreck back from them for twice what I bought the car for. There are off licenses that are just barred windows in random walls. Liverpool is a bit Florida. Almost as bad.
Aysling
Florida men are everywhere. You just hear about the ones in Florida more often because of laws regarding crime reporting.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Yes, but technically no. I reckon a scal could take a Florida man
jonReremy9669
tahp-ah-dah-mahrnahng-tah-yah unnit bruhv. wurst-cherster-shyre sauce innna bo''le-o-wa'er innit guhvnah
Menace2Propriety
Showing your ignorance. That's a London/southern accent your mimicking (apart from, what I assume is "top of the morning to you", which is widely considered Irish). Liverpudlians have an incredibly distinctive accent that is recognisable anywhere in the UK.
JerryManderring
The Florida man doesn't stand a chance. Even if he pulled a gun, the scally would pull a Crocodile Dundee and say "Call that a gun?"
baggypants12000
Can confirm. Most scoucers have a Paul Hogan tucked down the front of their shellsuit bottoms.
yoyo42
Not when Florida man already has his gun out to shoot the robot.
maktao
I'm a tow operator. This is an interesting idea, but honestly takes SO much longer than a normal wheel lift with dollies. The full set-up time to get a car loaded on this, and then driven to a flatbed. I could be hooked up and gone. These guys must be paid per hour, not per call. Strictly from an efficiency standpoint, this seems frivolous and slow.
HedonistBeard
In the crowded tight streets of liverpool that's not quite true. This drives down, lifts, drives back up on the truck. Done.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Just thinking about the time they towed my car as "abandoned" because it didn't have any wheels on it. Because my wheels had just been stolen an hour before. They just dragged it on the brake discs right up onto a flatbed. So nice of them. Definitely didn't fuck anything up.
SeRaQt
It's manually operated by a human:
ctotheg2
So am i
Minoes
Is that a Range Rover? so did it park there or did it just break down?
thetrulymaddog1134
Both.
SeRaQt
The Range Rover had gearbox damage and couldn't be loaded the regular way. This was recorded in 2018.
PimpinKen
So it's just towing with extra steps....
bigred810
Exactly my thought lol
jimicus
Who is operating illegally because it’s illegal to tow a vehicle displaying a disabled badge. Which that one is.
gablestout
It's illegal to tow a blue badge in a handicap space. That car is parked on a double yellow. Even if they have a blue badge, which I don't see, they can only park there for 3 hours. And yes, a blue badge can be towed if it is parked illegally
BiologicallyHazardousMaterial
where is the badge? & is it illegal to tow an illegally parked car? im assuming the double yellow line by the curb & sat they are parked on a corner & partially blocking the roadway that it's illegal
Precastbubbles
When it turns around you can see a blue rectangle on the dashboard, they are used in the UK by disabled drivers and/or passengers.
Precastbubbles
I should point out that I meant in the original post, not the reply video of a different car in a different space.
dontfloatmygoat
Do unmute. And who wrote / sings this song?
MaxximumB
Ylvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c6lf4P0Vtw The song starts at 1:23
MaxximumB
Or there's this version, that would make a good comment clip... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaxXbiviuM4
DWolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaxXbiviuM4
DWolf
It's the same guys who did "what does the fox say"? :O
onepinksheep
Aaaaand saved to use as a comment/reaction.
DarthFluffyBottom
Non-remix: https://youtu.be/X2acP06791I
oldguyexlurker
Overstayed, or just no handicapped parking permit. I kind of feel like there shouldn't be a strict time limit on handicapped parking usage for those who need them.
Solkanarmy
overstayed, you can see the blue badge on the dashboard
BobFictional
When you use the “timer”, it’s 3 hours. Car parks and chargeable parking bays are whatever the restrictions are, so for however long you’ve paid for. Car looks like it has a permit, the blue thing on the dash. Bear in mind, UK disabled permits aren’t necessarily for the driver.
oldguyexlurker
US disabled placards/decals look very different. Did not recognize the UK one. But we also can get them if a vehicle is used to transport a disabled person frequently.
BobFictional
UK ones are for the person, so you get an ID permit and a “clock” to show when you arrived, the permit holder can use it in any vehicle as long as they get out.
AtsaMattaForMe
"what is my purpose?"
newsguycraigevans
You deliver FO to those that dare to FA.
GorgeouslyDefinite
Underrated observation.
jesusisherelookbusy
“Oh my God.”
Naramumu
This is so cool. Does the robot has enough weight on the back to handle heavier cars? I mean that Volvo certainly isn't light, but pretty sure there are bigger and heavier cars/trucks than that.
SaltyInternetPirate
Plus, the bulk of the weight is with the engine in front, so that shifts the center of gravity a lot.
CaptainAsshat
"Trucks" is really only an obsession Americans have, and the few remaining ameriphiles.
Felberin
There's companion robot with cutting torch to chunk the offending car into more manageable sizes.
ChloeRed
ob xkcd: https://xkcd.com/562/
MichelGoussu
It works best if the jerk driver is still inside.
JaneAirfryer
Not in Liverpool...
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BuickRiviera
Yeah us Americans are like “But can it pick up some douches GMC Yukon Denali?”
pomax
"Yeah so this Escalade is about a mile long and weighs a literal stupid, so that might be outside the design spec"
Banana369
True, most cars that are parked for long enough are lighter by 4 wheels. The replacement bricks aren't attached, so don't add to the weight.
Soggybathroomsock
We're talking European cars, so, no?
Wardonk3y
If it's battery operated I guarantee that things heavy as hell a lot of Fork trucks are battery operated and I can tell you right now I would rather get run over by a station wagon than a Ford truck this battery operated
wtfylat
Lol. Americans.
persianBull
Odd choice to pick them up from the back. Better if they picked them up from the front as most cars have the engine in the front and are front heavy.
mm2k
Let’s find out!
CapitalNick
This reminds me. A pushback at the airport to move the planes around weighs 55 tons.
LuciusNeedful
Based on the spec @ouroborus777 posted, it looks like it is supposed to lift from the front, so the engine/weight is over the caterpillars.
LiarLiarPantsUntier
These are some of the heaviest cars in Europe/UK. I mean; I once saw a Hummer. Once. In my now 41 years.
Zipperkiller
Even in the USA they’re still not a common sight, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the full size h1 in person, just this one yellow h2 that someone somehow has owned and maintained all these years
astralfields
H1 isn't even road-legal in much of the EU because our streets are too narrow for that monstrosity.
notwhatyouknow
Not a robot. Remote control- operator is just out of frame on RH side in yellow jacket, briefly seen.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Oh shush, let us believe the robot is stealing cars from dickbags that park in handicapped spots
RoyalWithChz
Good eye mate!
revoltingdeceased
Nice spot of the yellow jacket person. I did not see that at all.
TheOldSchoolisBack
So, a robot then
HedonistBeard
Probably not. It's only a robot if it can do autonomous pre-programmed actions, regardless of whether controlled or not.
GabbyJayYay
What nenya said. Also it being a robot/ not robot had nothing to do with the question about weight balance
nanyatenyaa
That's a robot... You're attempting to disambiguate from an autonomous robot. You're being pedantic but you didn't know exactly what about.
notwhatyouknow
Definition of robot; look it up. “Resembles living creature” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robot then there is “device that automatically performs complicated, often repetitive tasks” automatic shouldn’t need operator.
FlareYes
Having intelligence means knowing robot means humanoid automaton... Having wisdom is knowing people use words wrong all the time and still convey their message correctly.
HandoB4Javert
Here is your banana and tomato fruit salad...
LordAndSaviourBirdJesus
Wouldn't it need to be able to do at least one autonomous task without direction to be considered a robot? Even the semi-autonomous robots should be able to do at least one task, otherwise a forklift is a robot. A car with ABS is a robot. An RC toy is a robot. What if the RC operator was in a cabin on the vehicle, piloting it from there. Would we say he's piloting a robot? In that case, would there even be a difference between this and a forklift?
astralfields
That's what I was thinking too. In my opinion it's not a robot, it's a fully remote-controlled vehicle that doesn't have any autonomous funtions. (A self-driving car on the other hand absolutely is a robot.)
jridley
Neat, my garage door opener is a robot.
ethannguyen357
No I'm the bigger pedant!
Apollymkatistrafia
Well, the UK doesn't boast F150s or Ridgelines as much as the US, so probably less of an issue than it would be in the states.
acme64
but what about f250's
acme64
f350s?
baggypants12000
F-15E Strike Eagles?
Whyareyouactuallyreadingallofthis
F8 for Boot Menu?