ROBO Cop: Recycling Wall-E Cleans Up The Streets of Italy (SLIDESHOW)

This real life robot called DustCart, created as part of the $3.9 million DustBot research program has been busy at work on the streets of Pecciolli, Italy. The Wall-E lookalike collects trash and measures atmospheric pollutants and is hoping to revolutionize trash-picking in Italy.

Photos and captions courtesy of Global Post.

• • • • • • The shiny new robot is called DustCart. Its friendly look was designed to ease its interaction with humans, and it has the potential to replace bulky garbage trucks throughout the country's narrow and tortuous streets.