Robotic gas station in China - GIF

**ToolTalkBot** · Feb 14, 2025, 07:13 PM

Robotic gas station in China.

Previously:

Automatic gas station fire extinguishers - video
Gas station explosion - GIF
Gas station fire suppression system malfunction - GIF
Repelling an attack at a gas station - GIF
Reversing into a gas station - GIF
Thieves sprayed with gasoline at gas station - GIF
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**BuffaloJohn** · Feb 15, 2025, 04:25 PM

We have self serve gas in most places...

**Frank S** · Feb 16, 2025, 07:24 AM

And the purpose of one of these would be???
I can't visualize any advantage or reason for one of these contraptions. You still have to get out of your vehicle to open the fuel door. Unless they standardize fuel vent caps like those used in some auto racing or on inflight fighter jets. You can pay at some stations in a few countries by an app on your phone, If you are too lazy to dispense your own fuel move to New Jersey. The last Time I was in that state it was against the law to dispense your own fuel

**nova_robotics** · Feb 16, 2025, 08:44 AM

Betcha 1 times out of 10 it misses and keys your car with the filler nozzle.

**thevillageinn** · Feb 16, 2025, 10:03 AM

Who or what opened the door and removed the cap…and how does it get replaced when finished?

**mklotz** · Feb 16, 2025, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by thevillageinn

Who or what opened the door and removed the cap…and how does it get replaced when finished?

My 2018 Honda Accord has no gas cap. Once the door is opened by pressing it, the pump spout can be inserted directly into the fill tube; nothing needs to be capped when filling is completed.

I suspect similar arrangements exist on more modern vehicles.

**Floradawg** · Feb 16, 2025, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by mklotz

My 2018 Honda Accord has no gas cap. Once the door is opened by pressing it, the pump spout can be inserted directly into the fill tube; nothing needs to be capped when filling is completed.

I suspect similar arrangements exist on more modern vehicles.

My 2021 Silverado has the same setup. No filler cap.

**BuffaloJohn** · Feb 16, 2025, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by thevillageinn

Who or what opened the door and removed the cap…and how does it get replaced when finished?

Good catch! This is a flap that is opened and a cap that is unscrewed.

Here is an article that directly calls out this type of invention:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/gas-pu...n-nobody-asked

There is an insta video of it in operation and the robot does open the door, unscrew the cap, pick up the nozzle, etc. etc.

There is also an image from a Danish company that invented it.

The sub-heading of the article is fantastic:

Some inventors are so preoccupied with whether they can, they never stop to think if they should.