tugger
TUG-er
Definition
A motorized vehicle or robotic platform designed to pull or transport heavy loads, such as server racks, within a facility.
Etymology
Derived from the verb 'tug,' which originated in the Middle English 'tuggen' meaning to pull or haul, combined with the agent suffix '-er' to denote a device that performs the action.
In the news
In the article, a 'tugger' is identified as one of the specialized robots used in Meta's data centres to move heavy server racks, highlighting that the facility relies on a collection of task-specific machines rather than one general humanoid.
Meta is reportedly testing robots inside its data centres that can swap networking cables and restart servers—and one worker estimates a successful cable-swapping robot could automate up to 80 percent of some technicians’ workloads.
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