'It's kind of a strange, almost dystopian feeling seeing them around on campus,' said freshman mechanical engineering student Sam Tobin.
Milwaukee Journal SentinelMADISON, Wis. – The sun was setting on a frigid November day as 6E24 rolled up outside Dejope Residence Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and parked, awaiting human contact.From the push of a button on the man's smartphone, 6E24 received a signal that this was the man it was sent to meet. It unlocked its lid and the man opened the picnic-basket-on-wheels and retrieved a Coke and a bottle of juice placed there by a dining hall employee.
"It's kind of a strange, almost dystopian feeling seeing them around on campus," said freshman mechanical engineering student Sam Tobin."It's just the way they move. They're almost like people." It might help that they're the cute kind of robots that can't do much more than roll around campus handing out meals. UW-Madison Director of Dining and Culinary Services Peter Testory said every student he's run into has made some reference to the Disney movie WALL-E.
"It's something they really expect these days with GrubHub and UberEats being around for so long," Testory said.The robots cost the university little more than some space in the basement of Dejope Residence Hall, the dining director said.
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