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Army of Dancing Robots Queue Politely to Get Their Clamps on the Iphone 7

posted by janrinok on Monday September 19 2016, @07:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the robot-lives-matter dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The iPhone 7 is now available for sale in Australia. The flagship Sydney store kicked off a day of rolling launches around the globe.

We've taught them to move like humans, play games like humans, and now, robots are experiencing one of the last true joys of being a real person: queuing!

A phalanx of mini robots were among the first in the world to get their metal claws on the brand new iPhone 7 when it launched in New Zealand on Friday. Thanks to the country's proximity to the international dateline, NZ got a few hours' head start on Australia's early launch, and the Kiwis weren't going to pass up that opportunity, using robots to spruik the iPhone launch.

[...] This year, New Zealand carrier Spark used 100 Alpha 1 robots, created by Chinese company UBtech, to stand in line on behalf of customers. Each robot was controlled with a phone app and programmed to dance and move, and they were also fitted out to live-stream the queue.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @07:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @07:19AM (#403645)

    Let's go get drunk!