Spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to avoid moving a few trash cans once a month… I strongly approve . Awesome project

the fact that it moves them like, 20 feet makes this 10x better.

Combining recyling, automation and reliable train lines is probably the most German thing to do. Love it!

I really appreciated you showing the many iterations and not just the final version. Creating something will take trail and error and learning from failure. Many people give up after 1 or 2 attempts and deem the problem unsolvable. Its a great lesson in learning to iterate.

If I had any confidence that our trash men would put the bin back on the trolley, I'd buy this in a heartbeat =)

as a professional train operator i need to say that you need a third light on top of the two, its called spitzenlicht. also a light indicating the end of the train would be usefull (Schlusslicht). Like your train very much, awesome project

What I like the most with this project is the minimalist approach of the track. Many would have goes crazy with a complete train-like track that would have been in the way of other things, so this approach where the wheels run on the bricks on one side is brilliant and really innovative! well done! (now i really need a house... )

Incredible. My grandfather was an inventor and model maker for Texas Instruments and made all kinds of useful things like your trash train.

I’m a garbage man in a small US city in Missouri. I love this idea. People “forget” to put the trash cans out by the street all the time and then call to the city and say we skipped their trash. Your device would remedy that situation. My only input as a garbage man is automatic trash trucks with a hydraulic grabbing arm need more room between the trash cans as to not knock over the can when they are grabbed by the truck.

Small recommendation for the commercial version: you should make the motor portion detachable from the trash cans so that in the event that repair is needed the person can still use the tracks manually.

For a commercial version, you could make it more modular. It shouldn't be limited to a trash train. If people have a yard, they need to haul leaves, clippings, dirt etc. Maybe loose sections of rail that can be easily moved around?

This is so cool with the diy train, definitely can be used as a tool for elder people who can’t move heavy things and people with mobility difficulties, this could work in Europe because of the short driveways and hiding the train in the yard but here in the states, most houses have longer driveways which can make the train a bit more difficult to hide but could work nevertheless

I’m pretty amazed. The level of ingenuity that went to this is astounding. Mechanics, electronics, programming, welding, machining, etc… you are very talented. Hats off!

Wow this was way more complicated than I thought! I really admire engineers for the awesome solutions they find to problems.

As a commercial product you would definitely need some safety sensors to ensure it would stop if someone or something was in the way. Even on this unit I would recommend it, especially as you are using this as an aid for seniors. Limited mobility means more difficulty getting out of the way quickly, and even though someone has to activate it manually, 1) you should assume they will hit the button and walk away, not watch it, and 2) seniors also can often have reduced reaction time and coordination, so if someone were to step around the corner in front of the train they may not actually manually stop it in time even if they are paying attention.

Awesome project! Here are a couple of ideas for the commercial version: