The other day I was talking to an acquaintance. He is working in Administration for his Bachelor of Engineering, among other things. After talking briefly with him about the mobile oil change business, it occurred to me that maybe someone needs to create an oil change robot system to change the oil in car fleets like rental cars, truck fleets, lots of GSA cars and US Military vehicles to save money on training, logistics and mechanical costs of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. Okay, let’s talk, I mean, is this even possible?
Sure it is, in fact an oil company has already designed a robotic refueling system, so you can just walk up to the pump, and the system opens the little door, unscrews the gas cap, aligns its arm , place the nozzle and then bombs. When complete, remove the nozzle, screw the gas cap back on, gently close the door, and you’re done. Today, you’d just pick up your iPhone and wave it over the payment system, and you’d be paid, fed, and basically good to go, right? Sure why not.
In fact, our think tank was discussing this the other day, as such a system could be used to refuel robotic drones, meaning no flight line people would be needed in some foreign country to refuel or moor the aircraft, systems robotics would do all the work. Too much hype, you say, nonsense, even Google has a self-driving robotic car now. Yes, he was in an accident, but guess what? It was the fault of the other cars, the one a human was driving!
You may think this is silly for a mobile oil change rig but I think it’s beautiful and having been in the car wash business I can tell you it’s mostly robotic using robotic sensors like sonar, electronic eyes, flow sensors optical and infrared systems in some cases. In the case of a fleet of vehicles, it’s simple, all the vehicles are unlocked and everything is in the same place, the oil change robot can just drive and do the vehicles without human labor, no more cost worries of medical care. , pensions, workers compensation, training, programming, human resources, workplace injuries, strikes or a shortage of qualified technicians you see?
Original systems can be expensive at first, but the number of companies, agencies, military, and fleet owners that would buy them could lead to significant advantages in economies of scale to mass-produce these systems. So why don’t I ask? Please consider all this.
