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Re:Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years by derefr on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:05PM (#36482551)
> People liked the idea of citing in their car and letting someone else do the work.

I like that idea too. But I don't like the idea of forcing a human to do the work. I like the idea of legislating for standardized interfaces between gas pumps and gas doors on cars, such that it becomes possible to build "full service" robot gas stations.

I think the only reason this hasn't been pushed for, is that the automotive-sector companies with the robotics expertise are all electric-car companies. (Or hydrogen-fuel-cell car companies — lotta robotics people in that space.)

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Re:Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years by admax88qqq on Monday June 26, 2023 @05:51PM (#36486362)
Pumping gas is already 95% automated. A human is only in the loop to make the connection between the pump and the vehicle. It's not that much more work for a person driving in to a station to also connect the pump to the car.
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