/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-alexander-s-blog/posts/coke-stealing-robot-impressive-home-buildThis chap obviously has something against our Vending machine overloards and as spent aninordinate amount of time designing a Robot (or remote control device if you prefer) that can sitinside a vending machine and lower drinks down the shoot. ww...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-alexander-s-blog/posts/coke-stealing-robot-impressive-home-buildThu, 28 Mar 2013 09:01:46 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d9bb3435-889d-40c5-847b-11346103acc9e14 Contributor1<p>I bet the owner is in on the video, you&#39;d pretty quickly notice all the missing cans from the front row!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can&#39;t help but wonder if this could be trivially built with Lego now that the concept has been demonstrated... I wonder. The main hurdle is making it small enough to fit through the flap on the front.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The flaps on these machines are also generously sized and could easily be made smaller if this &quot;exploit&quot; somehow became widespread... I, for one, bow to our new coke-stealing yet still stunningly svelte overlords.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15385&AppID=298&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-alexander-s-blog/posts/coke-stealing-robot-impressive-home-buildWed, 27 Mar 2013 09:24:15 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d9bb3435-889d-40c5-847b-11346103acc9Stuartsjones1<p>I like his &quot;YESSSSSS&quot; when the coke pops out! But really, you would pick Coke Zero???!!</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15385&AppID=298&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">