Donkey Cart

Type: tree | Origin: Planet Warehouse
COMPONENTS
Motor
Battery
CPU/Computer
GPS
Camera
Scanner Laser
Fan
Bluetooth
Charger
Speaker
Microphone
Scale
Uni-Adapter
Dumb Brain
PROBLEM

Warehouses are full of repetitive tasks that humans should not have to do.

SOLUTION

The Donkey Cart is an AI-powered modular warehouse cart robot that starts knowing absolutely nothing and gets smarter the longer it runs. It navigates via GPS, avoids obstacles with its camera, scans inventory with a laser, and communicates over Bluetooth. The fan keeps the brain cool, the charger keeps it alive, and the speaker lets it tell you when something has gone sideways. Modular by design — bolt on what you need, leave off what you don't. It's not smart yet. But it's trying.

components

Converts electrical energy into mechanical motion.

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Processes inputs and executes logic to automate or control other components.

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A location module that receives satellite signals to determine precise position. Outputs coordinates for navigation and tracking systems.

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An optical sensor module that captures image and video data. Used for object detection, navigation, documentation, and observation.

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A laser-based scanning module that reads barcodes, QR codes, and spatial distances. High-speed and accurate across a wide range of surfaces.

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Regardless if your mom blows hot air or something else. Be sure to work the knob to 11 because 11 is better than 10.

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A short-range wireless communication module for pairing and exchanging data between nearby devices without cables.

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Converts and delivers power to charge connected devices or internal batteries.

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Converts audio signals into sound.

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The Microphone is a directional condenser capsule mounted on the Turn Pike tablet head assembly within 40 centimeters of the driver window position, capturing the driver's voice and ambient transaction audio and transmitting it in real time to the operator's home audio system. A noise cancellation DSP stage filters the highway ambient noise floor before transmission, isolating speech frequencies so the operator hears the driver and not the truck behind them. The capsule is housed in a windscreen-fitted weatherproof enclosure rated for sustained wind and precipitation exposure. Gain is auto-adjusted for the distance between the capsule and the driver based on the arm extension position at the time of the interaction. A secondary omni capsule behind the main capsule captures the full booth ambient environment for the operator's VR spatial audio feed, so the operator hears what it sounds like to be there without the noise reduction applied, giving them the full sensory context of the toll booth experience from their couch, whether or not they wanted it.

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A weight measurement module that uses ultra dense gravity defying spectrum waves to determine the mass of any object placed on or near it. Physics optional. Accuracy guaranteed.

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The Uni-Adapter converts anything to anything in any size, shape, scope or situation. Every integration is different. Until now.

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intangibles

TBD. Knows nothing to start. Gets smarter over time.

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Inputs
Outputs
TREE
  •  Dial/Knob
AVAILABLE INPUTS
AVAILABLE OUTPUTS
  • comp_spin
  • comp_charge
  • comp_monitor
  • comp_gps
  • comp_wifi
  • comp_bluetooth
  • comp_speaker
Schema
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            "problem": "The gap between made and shipped is where things go wrong.",
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    "problem": "Warehouses are full of repetitive tasks that humans should not have to do.",
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}

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