Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen

Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by helsinkiandrew on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:37AM (#25209630)

I wonder if a 'google streetview' like system could be used to find library books that have been misfiled.

A robot drives around the shelves taking photos of the books on the shelves, those are then matched to what is expected to be found in that section, obviously there will be some without names or labels on the spines - but hopefully not many. But it can atleast say there are 4 unknown books and 3 unaccounted for in a section.

Obviously that won't help in this case when delicate artifacts are in boxes.

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by Cactus2018 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @01:05PM (#25212171)

2017 "Walmart will soon have robots roaming the aisles in 50 stores" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15562743

2020 update "Walmart ends contract with robotics company Bossa Nova" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24973360

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by Threeve303 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:45AM (#25209725)

If anyone gets around to making this I suggest calling the robot Dewey.

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:18PM (#25211596)

I think it should be Uncle Donald, as it's trying to catch a particular Dewey!

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by acomjean on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:19AM (#25210092)

They do this is some parking garages. Especially long term (airports) something drives around and reads all the license plates. Easier than books but same idea.

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by GijsjanB on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:00PM (#25211370)

I don't know how common this is, but here in The Netherlands, such license plate reading cars are driving through the streets to fine owners with parking tickets.

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:16PM (#25211572)

UK use vehicle-mounted ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) to catch those not paying their vehicle license fees.

Is it just time-limited parking infractions they're looking for, or does it do tickets for parking in the wrong zone (like resident-only parking)?

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Re:Charles Darwin notebooks lost and assumed stolen by UShouldBWorking on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:59AM (#25209887)

In this case it seems that (devistatingly) they knew they were lost 20 years ago and just kept quiet about it.

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