Gas Pumping Robots to Fuel Cars - Dutch "Tankpitstop" Robot
From: Trendhunter Magazine

Dutch inventors unveiled on Monday a $111,100 car-fueling robot they say is
the first of its kind, working by registering the car on arrival at the
filling station and matching it to a database of fuel cap designs and fuel
types.  

A robotic arm fitted with multiple sensors extends from a regular gas pump,
carefully opens the car's flap, unscrews the gas tank cap, picks up the fuel
nozzle, and directs it toward the tank opening, much as a human arm would,
and as efficiently.

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Links:
Dutch unveil robot to fill car gas tank
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCAL0448185920080204

Gas-pumping robot: what could go wrong?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0462768620080205?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Tankpitstop Robotic Arm
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/02/tankpitstop_robotic_arm.html

Dutch unveil robot to fill car gas tank
http://www.news.com/Dutch-unveil-robot-to-fill-car-gas-tank/2100-11394_3-6229060.html

Fill her up, errr...Tankpitstop
http://itn.co.uk/news/9039e2d047a6ccd4332ac9cd01cacb36.html

"Tankpitstop" robot arm gives motorists a hand filling their tanks
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/tankpitstop_rob.php