Every gamer needs one.
That extra inventory slot. A bigger backpack. That companion that exists purely so you don’t have to leave all the good loot behind because your bags are full.
In real life, though, once your hands are full or your backpack is stuffed, that’s kind of it. You either become Juggly the Juggling Clown, or you start making tough decisions about what comes with you and what gets left behind.
Unless… you bring along your own loot mule.
The gitamini is exactly that. A small, wheeled robot designed to carry your gear and follow you around as you move. Groceries, camera kit, backpacks, whatever you’d normally be juggling, it all goes into the cargo compartment, and the gitamini just rolls along behind you like it’s part of your party.
The team at Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF) designed the gita bots to be extremely simple to use.
Using a mix of cameras and sensors, the gitamini locks onto you with the press of a single button and follows behind you, adjusting your speed as you do. They say it’s built for the real world, allowing it to move on pavements, in parks, and on general everyday terrain, and it’s smart enough to avoid obstacles without needing you to micromanage it.
There’s no controller. No commands. No babysitting. No need for your phone in your pocket.
You walk.
It follows.
No longer will you need to worry about double-strapping your backpack and ensuring that the chest strap is locked in so you don’t hurt your back. No pockets? No problem. Sweaty strap marks on your fancy office shirt. What are those?
You just keep moving, while your little robotic companion handles the inventory management.
There are some signs that suggest the gitamini isn’t quite max-level just yet, though.
It moves at a steady walking pace, so you can’t go sprinting through town to the nearest merchant with your loot train behind you. It’s designed for relatively smooth terrain, so you’ll need to carry it down the stairs or leave it at camp on your hiking adventures. Plus, it can only handle around 9 Kilograms of stuff. Oh, and you’ll definitely get a couple of looks thrown your way, too. So make sure you’ve put a few stat points into the social skill tree.
Price-wise, this is definitely more of a legendary drop than a common item.
The standard gitamini sells for $2,475, which pushes it well into the R40,000+ range locally once you factor in import costs. And the even cooler official Lucasfilm Star Wars G1T4-M1N1 gets its price bumped up to $2,875, so it’s not something you’ll casually add to your inventory.
Still, it’s one of those bits of tech that makes you stop and think. Or rather, keep walking and think.
This isn’t something you need. It’s something you want. And probably quite badly if you’re anything like me. Because once you’ve seen someone walking down the street with a robot casually carrying their gear behind them, going back to carrying everything yourself feels just a little bit… Overencumbered.
