The Viodi View
Is the solution to long-drive thru lines a robotic carhop?1 That is just one of the many potential use cases for Ottonomy’s delivery robots. Ottonomy CEO, Ritukar Vijay explains that the focus of their two-year-old company is the following segments: With their initial deployment, at the Cincinnati International Airport, they are able to avoid the […]
Dr. Alain Kornhauser’s vision of bringing equitable, sustainable, and affordable mobility to the people of Trenton took another step forward with the February 9th, 2022 announcement (Facebook) of a $5 million NJDOT Local Transportation Planning Fund Grant for the Trenton Mobility & Opportunity: Vehicles Equity System (MOVES) Project (PDF). The significance of this event goes […]
Comprising an area approximately twice the size of New Jersey, the Netherlands punches above its weight, to use a boxing metaphor, in the piloting and implementation of autonomous vehicles. This is one takeaway from the recent TU-Delft webinar, Deployment potential of automated minibuses for first/last mile transport. Professor Bart van Arem explains that TU-Delft’s mission […]
Patricia Villoslada EVP Transdev Autonomous Transport Systems, explains how they are integrating last-mile autonomous transport as part of a complete end-to-end mobility solution. Working with partners, including ZF. e.Go and Torc Robotics (Daimler recently purchased a majority stake in Torc), Transdev also introduced new autonomous shuttle intended for solving connectivity for public transit deserts. Given […]
A four-wheel autonomous vehicle that travels up to 5 MPH, with a range of 10 miles and is a great option for moving people in closed environments, such as airports, is what WHILL debuted at CES2019. It will map the route, has collision avoidance, and swappable batteries to minimize downtime. The consumer version is sub-$4,000 […]