Tomaton
I stumbled across an article about a robot that feeds runners tomatoes to "keep their energy up" during marathons. It got me to thinking and I have come up with a couple different versions that I would like to share with you today. The first version is the closest to the real-life Tomaton . In the Forgotten Realms, it could have been designed by Nadul daRoni or the Wonderbringers of Gond with tomatoes imported from Maztica (before the continent's disappearance to Abeir). On Krynn, serves as a simplified example of Tinker Gnome technology. Tomaton: This device is worn on its user's shoulders but the frame allows its weight to be carried on the hips. A cylindrical tube on Tomaton's back is designed to hold up to six tomatoes although similarly-sized fruits (like apples, oranges, etc) can be substituted. Shifting a tiny lever in its foot moves the arms to catch a tomato from the tube. It's arms then rotate the fruit overhead and holds it in ...