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:

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Or this one:

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Introducing the Shadow Caddy, a fully autonomous golf club carrying cart that trails behind you automatically. The three-wheeled cart works by following a signal from a transmitter worn on the golfer’s body. Switching the caddy’s setting from “Follow-Me” to “Park” makes sure it never accidentally follows you into a bunker or onto the green.

As of now, trials are being run in a few golf courses in Australia. One reason why this concept is so great it because it’s a clever design, but will also be cheaper renting then a 16 year old snotty kid.

photos courtesy of gizmag