Two of your great childhood sensory experiences—playing with video game joysticks and watching heavy machinery—combined into one:

Just to be clear, this is not simply a glorified RC car or something like that:

[The excavator is] equipped with non-standard features, including several depth-sensing 3D cameras pointed in all directions, as well as antennas and wireless communication hardware. The cameras let the excavator function all by itself if needed, following pre-programmed instructions on where to dig which it can follow all day and all night long without a break. Its autonomous capabilities also include intelligent people detection, causing the excavator to pause its work and flash warning lights when someone gets too close for it, including in blind spot areas where human operators might not spot someone approaching.

Absolutely nuts. New dad toy. Gotta have it.

One more thing: I just gotta circle back here and check this out again...

Is that dude digging with this thing using...like...a Wiimote??

You know, like:

That settles it, I'm heading down to Home Depot tomorrow and buying one of these things.

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