A highly automated robot vehicle, the EDAG CityBot completely redefines urban mobility, integrating it into a smart ecosystem. This makes the the EDAG CityBot a public transport and work system which supplements rail-based traffic.
Cities of tomorrow will need efficient, scalable and environmentally friendly mobility solutions. These will have to meet the requirements of urban development and increasing traffic volumes – but above all they must take account of people and their needs. Points, which the EDAG CityBot fully meets.
In the EDAG CityBot ecosystem, a fleet of connected and autonomous robotic vehicles is revolutionizing urban mobility and municipal service functions from the ground up.
With its numerous utility modules (trailers and rucksack modules), the EDAG CityBot can be individually configured and used around the clock for all kinds of tasks in the urban environment. All this will happen in a cordoned-off area where only EDAG CityBots, bicycles and pedestrians are allowed.
EDAG CityBots will take the place of classic individual transport in inner cities. They are networked and highly automated, and travel around the city at an average speed of 30 km/h, are constantly in motion and, with their battery or fuel cell drive, are extremely energy-efficient and emission-free.
The EDAG CityBot is an innovative platform that combines various AI models and architectures. The avatar plays a decisive role as an interface (HMI) between the EDAG CityBot and people. The EDAG CityBot’s head is able to speak and hear, and to understand gestures, emotions and eye movement. To this end, sensors are integrated high up in the avatar, enabling the EDAG CityBots to interact with people at the same level.
In conjunction with the platform technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) and, for example, the digital micro-payment solutions of EDAG partner IOTA, the EDAG CityBot offers not only new, autonomous transport and working vehicles, but also possible new business models; if, for example, work assignments of individual utility modules are paid for automatically or companies design their own utility modules as gadgets for the ecosystem.
