Conceptpop.com » snow plow http://conceptpop.com Exploring the World of Concepts Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:16:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Radio-Controlled Robotic Snow Plow http://conceptpop.com/radio-controlled-robotic-snow-plow http://conceptpop.com/radio-controlled-robotic-snow-plow#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:28:52 +0000 concept http://conceptpop.com/?p=447

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:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aamcWdGG8kk[/youtube]

Or this one:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VeZu3MFRGI&feature=related[/youtube]

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