Roofus is a radio-controlled snow plow designed to remove snow from roofs of buildings (thus, the name Roof-us) where it would be particularly risky for a human to do so. Personally, I would like to employ it for my driveway during the winter and sit back with a warm coffee, directing it’s efforts.
Roofus also has additional attachments for use in seasons other than the winter, converting it to a remote-controlled lawnmower, or cleaning machine.
Roofus ranked in the top twenty among 300 entries at the International Design Competition 2007/JDF in Osaka.
Designer: Michal Glogowski
source: Yanko Design
Roofus seems to be an improvement over this design:
Or this one:
Popularity: 5% [?]
November 18th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Your title – Radio-Controlled Robotic Snow Plow, Lawnmower, Cleaner | Concept Pop – caught my eye on the google blogsearch page. Just goes to show you how important good titles are!
I’ve added conceptpop.com to my reader, so I can see what else you come up with
November 19th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Thanks, Binwah. Glad you stopped by.
December 12th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I came up with a automatic robotic snow shovel. You can find details @ http://www.ishovel.com. Also checkout out this youtube video of the same.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Can I buy a Roof-Us? How much do they cost?