[Tyler]

Christmas Presents
25 December 2019, 5:00 am



Source: xkcd.com

[goaty]

Lots of robots underneath the chistmas tree.   

[Art]

I'm working on a robotic Christmas Tree that walks itself from the closet across the room to the corner, lowers it's 5 leg projections for stability and performs an "auto-leveling" routine.  All branches unfold complete with all their necessary decorations into their assigned position for optimum appearance. A hidden 'pine tree' scent canister has released a measured dose of spray to simulate the fragrance of a real tree. Complete with lights, the electrical plug has a shroud with a  sensor to locate and dock with the wall outlet. Finally, the auto timer self-adjusts to the current time for proper on/off sequences.
TA-DA!!!


Note: This is fake news...this is a Christmas Tree fantasy, a made up story. Nothing like this has been done to my knowledge, which is not to say that somewhere there could possibly be such a tree, either in the experimental stages of development or that one could already exist. - This has been a fake news alert for your protection from story shock!

[Don Patrick]

[Art]

Interesting for sure but for that price, I'll gladly take care of my plant's needs! 

I did find a rather cool application of robots for the Christmas Tree. Again...prohibitively expensive no doubt!

[Art]

A little robot with the Christmas spirit. Cute!

[Art]

Lastly,

Buy this one and mount it to one of those robotic vacuums and program it to steer itself to a suitable corner, and the rest is a magic pop-up tree!!
https://www.hammacher.com/product/thomas-kinkade-pop-up-6-foot-christmas-tree

[goaty]

I'm working on a robotic Christmas Tree that walks itself from the closet across the room to the corner, lowers it's 5 leg projections for stability and performs an "auto-leveling" routine.  All branches unfold complete with all their necessary decorations into their assigned position for optimum appearance. A hidden 'pine tree' scent canister has released a measured dose of spray to simulate the fragrance of a real tree. Complete with lights, the electrical plug has a shroud with a  sensor to locate and dock with the wall outlet. Finally, the auto timer self-adjusts to the current time for proper on/off sequences.
TA-DA!!!


Note: This is fake news...this is a Christmas Tree fantasy, a made up story. Nothing like this has been done to my knowledge, which is not to say that somewhere there could possibly be such a tree, either in the experimental stages of development or that one could already exist. - This has been a fake news alert for your protection from story shock!

Sounds like a good idea for a kickstarter project,  but might be trickier than it first seems...  could be a lifes work actually.