I love reading books and thats why I have a membership card for my citys public library.

Do I visit it often?

No, I dont.Im normally too busy or lazy to leave the house just for that.

If this self-driving library came to my town, maybe I’d read a damn book

Thatd definitely make it easier.

Loaded up with 100 books, the autonomous bot will move along a 180m path across theTancheon Park promenade.

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self-driving library robot South Korea

Promoting libraries and reading culture in a digitalized era is challenging, to say the least.

And my guess is that the numbers are unlikely to go up in the future.

And personally, I cant wait to see a cute library bot strolling across my street.

self-driving library robot South Korea

Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou

Ioanna is a writer at TNW.

With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

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