Name for that robot in the parking lot?
March 5, 2021 9:27 AM   Subscribe

Shopping cart wranglers in large, upscale parking lots have a helper which makes it a one-person job. What do we call those little motorized units they use now, which bring up the rear of long trains of carts being herded back home? Is mule the best we can do?
posted by Rash to Technology (7 answers total)
 
Response by poster: Perhaps a mule is only for towing, and the remote-controlled pushing units have a different name?
posted by Rash at 9:31 AM on March 5, 2021


Tug?
posted by JoeZydeco at 9:46 AM on March 5, 2021 [1 favorite]


I googled "motorized cart pusher" and this company calls it an electric shopping cart retriever.

This one is a Shopping Cart Mover.
posted by jonathanhughes at 9:47 AM on March 5, 2021


Best answer: Trolley Collie
posted by BobTheScientist at 11:09 AM on March 5, 2021 [3 favorites]


A helper
posted by heyforfour at 12:00 PM on March 5, 2021


Tractor seems to work, too.
posted by jquinby at 12:16 PM on March 5, 2021


Cart Pusher, Cart Mover, Cart Tug, Cart Retriever,
posted by kschang at 6:10 PM on March 5, 2021


« Older Maskless patients in hospital infusion...   |   Is the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine safe for... Newer »
This thread is closed to new comments.


Tags

Share