EDAG CITYBOT: THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY

Just imagine that you live in a city characterised by urban living, work and experience oases. Where you can move forward at any time effortlessly without being stuck in a traffic jam. Where parking spaces and car parks have given way to community hubs and new types of meeting places. Where smog and traffic noise have become a thing of the past and urban cleaning and maintenance work is carried out autonomously in times of low traffic without being a nuisance to residents.

Do you think that such a thing does not exist except in science fiction?

The EDAG CityBot special characteristics

EDAG CityBot – a complete ecosystem for local public transport.

Today’s cities are characterised by high traffic density and congestion, emissions that pollute the local environment, very high noise levels and inefficient public transport. The EDAG CityBot is a fully integrated solution to these mobility challenges, and represents a thoroughly thought-out ecosystem.
This makes it the first and only mobility system to effectively counteract traffic gridlock.

The EDAG CityBot is a multi-functional, fully autonomous robot vehicle with swarm intelligence, which is completely emission-free.

Thanks to its modularity and multi-functionality, the EDAG CityBot can be operated around the clock, and there are numerous utility modules that can be fitted to configure it to meet requirements: for use as a passenger cell for instance, or as a cargo carrier, or a device for city cleaning, waste disposal or park maintenance, while at the same time achieving maximum ecological and economic efficiency through continuous utilisation. The EDAG CityBots move comparatively slowly though steadily, making them extremely energy-efficient, and they have an emission-free fuel cell drive.

EDAG CityBots are an integral part of a complete smart city operating system.

In conjunction with the platform technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), the EDAG CityBot offers not only new, autonomous transport and working vehicles, but also possible new business models. These originate in the entire system on the one hand, but also through the individual utility modules which, for example, are automatically paid for their work assignments.
A complete and scalable operating system based on a common interface (API) combines data security, the payment system, the IoT infrastructure, apps and the routing of the EDAG CityBots.
Route planning for the EDAG CityBots is handled by traffic flow software that coordinates all of the robot vehicles’ movements, and this guarantees that the system remains free of congestion. As a result, all traffic is in constant flow and in the city of the future, traffic lights and holdups will be a thing of the past.

The EDAG CityBot is the city dweller’s best friend, and also contributes substantially to making the city of the future clean, safe, worth living in, friendly, quiet and smart.

To implement this ecosystem, a city will have to define a specific inner-city area for the operation of the EDAG CityBots. There are no provisions for any type of individual or private vehicles other than bicycles. Cyclists and pedestrians will always have the right of way in this area.
As a result, the city will be free of individual traffic and therefore free of parked vehicles. The newly acquired roadside parking spaces can be converted into cycle paths, and the car parks that will then be empty can be turned into valuable living space and recreation areas. The EDAG CityBots will be produced, serviced and assembled in micro-factories in the car park basements. Mobility hubs – locations providing an operations centre for the organisation of the EDAG CityBots, but also, for instance, packing stations, co-working areas and other mobility services – will also be installed here.
The avatar plays a decisive role as an interface (HMI) between the EDAG CityBot and people. The head of the EDAG CityBot is the friendly contact point of the vehicles for people. It is able to speak, to hear, and to understand gestures, emotions and eye movement. In addition, sensors are integrated in the avatar, thus placing them in a higher position. EDAG CityBots could become the city dweller’s “best buddy”.

Who benefits from the EDAG CityBots?

The mobility system can be implemented in existing cities, and integrates both an existing rail transport network and the existing parking facilities and Park & Ride zones.
Ultimately, it will be city dwellers who benefit most: they will experience first-hand the way in which the use of the EDAG CityBots improves the quality of city life, as high-availability, congestion- and emission-free mobility becomes feasible.
In order to achieve this desired state, the EDAG CityBot ecosystem addresses all mobility actors in an inner-city mobility ecosystem:
OEMs, city planners, infrastructure organisations, traffic, waste disposal and transport companies, municipal facilities as well as logistics specialists.
Further, the EDAG CityBot ecosystem is also intended for industrial applications on private property. This could include use on an airport apron or on the premises of an industrial plant. Anywhere where precise processes, cycles and an optimised flow of goods can help to increase efficiency and reduce emissions.

THE EDAG CITYBOT ECOSYSTEM

EDAG CityBot functions – an extract

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