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Automated Bin Dispatch Robot

Trash day, handled.ABDR takes your bins to the curb and brings them back. On its own, on schedule.

An autonomous 6-wheel robot that leaves its charging dock, hooks your trash or recycling bin, tows it down the driveway, checks it's placed right, and rolls it back home after pickup.

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Coming soon · Reserve yours for $10 · Invented by Eli Weinman

Concept render of ABDR to scale: a knee-high six-wheeled robot with a lidar sensor mast and a robotic arm at the curb beside a taller trash bin, its charging dock on the lawn behind
Concept render · shown to scale
The problem

Nobody likes dragging the bins out.

Every week, millions of households haul heavy bins to the curb and back, and it's harder than it sounds.

  • Rain, snow and darkTrash night rarely comes with nice weather or daylight.
  • Heavy and awkwardA full 96-gallon bin can weigh well over 100 lb, a real strain on steep or long driveways.
  • Easy to forgetMiss the truck and you're living with a full bin for another week.
  • Not everyone canFor older adults and people with limited mobility, it's a weekly chore that's hard to do safely.
How it works

From dock to curb and back.

Set your collection day once. ABDR runs the whole loop by itself.

  1. Undock

    On schedule, ABDR runs a self-check and rolls off its charging dock.

  2. Navigate

    It follows its mapped path to where your bins are stored, avoiding people, pets and obstacles.

  3. Hook & tilt

    Its arm latches a hook onto the bin's lift bar and tilts it back onto the bin's own wheels.

  4. Tow to curb

    Six-wheel drive pulls the bin down the driveway and stops before the road.

  5. Verify placement

    Cameras and lidar check the bin is upright, facing the right way and clear for the truck.

  6. Return

    ABDR heads back to its dock to recharge while it waits for pickup.

  7. Retrieve after pickup

    Once the truck has passed, it goes back out and returns the empty bin to its spot.

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See ABDR in action

A 30-second look at trash day with ABDR.

Key features

Built for real driveways.

The concept design, at a glance.

Tilt-and-tow, no lifting

The bin rolls on its own wheels while ABDR pulls, the same way a person does it, so even a full bin is manageable.

6-wheel drive

A low, ballasted chassis with all-terrain wheels for concrete, asphalt, pavers, gravel, grass and light snow.

Sees all around

360° lidar, cameras, precise GPS and an ultrasonic ring map the yard and spot the curb, people and pets.

Self-docking & charging

It parks itself on its dock between runs, so there's nothing to plug in.

Placement check

After every drop-off, ABDR confirms the bin is placed right and logs a photo to the app.

Safety first

Emergency stop, bumpers, slow-down near people, lights and a chime while moving, and it never enters the road.

Drive
6WDzero-radius turns
Towing
Full 96-gal binabout 60 kg (132 lb)
Size
90 × 60 × 75 cm35 × 24 × 30 in
Weight
45 kg99 lb with battery
Speed
Up to 1 m/sabout 2 mph
Battery
768 Whmany weekly cycles per charge
Sensing
Lidar + GPSplus cameras & ultrasonics
Bins
35–96 galstandard two-wheel curbside carts

All values are target specs for the concept design and will be refined during prototyping.

The vision

From concept to production.

Where ABDR is headed: a team turning the concept into a working prototype, sponsors behind it, and eventually a clean production line. ABDR is a concept today and isn't in production yet.

Concept render of ABDR robots being assembled on a clean factory production line by two technicians
Production line · concept render
Concept render of a row of finished ABDR robots with an inspector checking one
Final inspection · concept render
Concept render of a small engineering team reviewing an ABDR prototype and drawings around a table
Engineering review · concept render
Concept render of the inventor presenting an ABDR prototype to sponsors in a meeting room
Sponsor meeting · concept render

Concept renders: illustrations of the vision, not photos of real facilities or products.

Original concept

Where it started.

Eli's original concept sheets: the latch-and-tilt mechanism, the towing setup, and the full dispatch loop. He explored both a 4-wheel and a 6-wheel chassis.

Concept blueprint sheet for the ABDR with a six-wheel chassis, showing the latch and tilt mechanism, towing configuration and the dispatch loop
6-wheel version
Concept blueprint sheet for the ABDR with a four-wheel chassis, showing the latch and tilt mechanism, towing configuration and the dispatch loop
4-wheel version
The inventor

Invented by Eli Weinman

ABDR started as Eli's answer to a chore every household knows. He designed the mechanism, the chassis and the robot's full operating loop, and is now looking for engineering partners to build the first working prototype.

Preorder

Preorder: reserve your ABDR for $10 (non-refundable deposit).

Put your name down for one of the first robots. Sign up below and we'll email you how to pay the $10.

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  • First in line. Early reservations hear first about price and timing.

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Partner with us

Help build the first ABDR.

We're looking for universities, capstone and senior-design programs, and sponsors to turn the concept into a working prototype.

  • Mechanical: chassis, drivetrain and the hook-and-tilt arm
  • Electrical: power, charging dock and motor control
  • Software: navigation, perception and placement checks

Interested in a capstone project, research collaboration or sponsorship? Get in touch with Eli directly.

Email Eli abdr.robot@gmail.com