The Origin of Lottbot and Its Usage

The podcast episode discusses the origin and usage of Lottbot, a chatbot that helps people find parking spaces in a tight parking lot. Lottbot was developed at IDEO and initially used computer vision on a camera to detect available spots. The chatbot was integrated into Slack and utilized Google's dialogue flow to interact with users. It started as a small project to solve parking issues within IDEO but gained popularity and evolved over time. Despite the potential for expansion and adding more capabilities, the creator, Danny, is content with Lottbot focusing on its original purpose and does not have ambitions for it to become a comprehensive system.