Golf slightly less frustrating with robot caddy

Caddytrek wants to follow you around. (Credit: Caddytrek.com)

CNET - I’m usually too concerned with actually hitting the ball, let alone well, to worry about the strain of lugging clubs around the links. But I can see how FTR Systems‘ Caddytrek could make the ultimate non-human accessory to one’s game.

A step up from remote-controlled golf trolleys, which make you pay attention to them, Caddytrek automatically rolls after you while carrying your woods and irons.     More

Robot Caddy Follows Golfers

Caddy Trek: $1,200 (anticipated)

Discovery News - If you’re thinking of becoming a pro-golfer, avoid the eventual hurt feelings that will happen whenever you decide to let go of your caddy (lest you go through the other painful breakup Tiger Woods experienced recently) by picking up a silent, robot caddy. The Caddy Trek is a compact foldable cart that follows you at walking speed on the course, and stops when you stop. It premiered last month at 2011 PGA Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.              More