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I love rumbas, and I love toast, so I spotted an obvious gap in the market that only a rumba toaster can fill.
Rumba Toaster is a jolly little vehicle that moves dutifully around the house ensuring that it's always close by to satisfy your random needs for a slice of toast. It can't climb stairs
but it has no problem with carpets, tiles or wood floors. Like all rumbas, Rumba Toaster periodically recharges itself as toasting uses a lot of power.
You train it with a few simple commands: "Rumba - make Toast - both sides - well done" Rumba will dutifully toast the slice of bread, then all you have to do is spread on some butter, and load in one of the spare slices it carries around on its side.
Military version features caterpillar tracks for crossing rough surfaces like lego covered floors.
see quick scribble in link for what version one looks a bit like
Rumba Toaster
https://sodabred.tu...inal-idea-by-xenzag
[xenzag, May 14 2021]
Dancing toaster?
https://www.britann...com/art/rumba-dance
Spelling counts! [Sgt Teacup, May 14 2021]
Stairs?
https://www.youtube...watch?v=jVKvObM93LU
Until cerebras are ubiquitous, and the wheel is depredicated. (0.47s) [wjt, May 16 2021]
(???) Side-door toaster
https://thumbs.wort...bde933d5b4858c8.jpg
Not a particularly good (or clean...) example. [neutrinos_shadow, May 17 2021]
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I wasn’t sure at first until I looked at your
drawing...can’t resist a truck shaped toaster with
a little man driving it. + feed him this bread. |
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//It can't climb stairs// useless then. |
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That is freaking amazing. That driver must smell like a whole
lotta toast. Lucky man. Best smell ever. Wonder if he's
married. Oh sorry, got off topic. |
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//It can't climb stairs// Not that I'm obsessed or anything but is there a reason why this device has wheels, rather than four ducted fans like a quadcopter drone? That way it could hover next to the table or armchair, and could easily go upstairs or down into the basement. |
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Fans are noisy. Toast should be quiet. |
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Ok, suspended from a ceiling mounted track |
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The driver of course whistles a jaunty Latin-American tune. |
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As the Flying Toaster points out, the title implies jaunty Latin tunes and, of course, fancy footwork (unlikely with just the wheels for locomotion). |
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Rumba (sp. also rhumba): Afro-Cuban ballroom dancing |
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Roomba™: jolly little wheeled Cleaner who surreptitiously maps your house and uploads the floor plan back to headquarters |
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A dance of heat always makes things taste better. |
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This brings to mind the healthy snack rumba/roomba-oid, it
follows you around, or strategically parks next to a favorite
couch or chair and is loaded with healthy snacks like nuts so
the most convenient easy to reach food is always good for
you. Hey, its easier than getting up and going to the kitchen
so might succeed. A robot that is actually good for dieters. |
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Lovely drawing, but I have an alternative "style": like a
front-loading skip truck. Bread is place on the forks at the
front (or even on a plate so the Toaster can pick it up) then
raised & delivered into the toaster. Once toasted, the back
tips & opens, & the toast slides out onto the plate (whether
the same plate as before or a different one, or just into your
hand). Gives you options for auto-spreading too, built into
the back door as the toast leaves. |
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[Sgt Teacup] explains the difference between a Rumba and
Roomba but I'd like to point out that there's nothing
precluding a Roomba doing a Rumba as it brings you your
toast whilst simultaneously slurping up your inevitable
crumbs. |
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//simultaneously slurping up your inevitable crumbs// and compressing them into reconstituted toast. |
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//I have an alternative "style": like a front-loading
skip truck// Thanks for kind comments. The
drawing was only a quick scribble as I prefer to
work quickly without references for a few reasons.
I did consider other vehicles but wanted a really
simple type similar to ones you see carrying glass
sheets on their sides, which is one source from
where the idea is derived. Some more skilled
person could make a much better rendering, but I
make a lot of this type of drawing as visual notes
to record ideas. |
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[xenzag]; like an old-school side opening toaster! Brilliant! |
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Sorry - train I'm on jerked and my finger deleted
your link just as I was clicking on it. Post it again -
would love to see. |
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Hah! Trains can be such jerks... |
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Weird... works for me. Anyway, it was just an example from
a Google image search result for "old side open toaster". |
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