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>They take away a lot of navigational complexity in a warehouse setting where you don't have much space

These already exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtpPyVM_y4

I swear this was a background element in one of the new Star Trek's. Failing to find a clip. At the time, I thought it was a waste of special effects, only to later discover it was a real product.




That is certainly cool, but the video seems like evidence that it’s not actually very useful. The forklift pointlessly drives sideways to show it can, but a standard forklift could just turn and go straight so what’s the value from all the extra complexity?

Those sidewinder wheels seem like a much better solution than the captive spheres in the concept car, though.




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