On demand shared autonomous bicycles

avatar
(Edited)

The last years we've seen the rise of the autonomous cars. Apart from that we see another development which is shared means of transportation. Especially in cities you see a lot of shared e-scooters and rent-a-bike initiatioves.

The American Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) is developing an autonomous bikecycle. Their goal is to create an environmental friendly convenient type of transportation to be used in city centers.
image.png
Credit: Maitane Iruretagoyena

It will partly work the same as the e-scooters and the regular rental bikes we see in many cities nowadays. You will be able to order them with an app and you can ride them like normal bikes.
The difference is that rental bikes usually have to be picked up at specific places. E-scooters on the other hand can be found where the last owner parked it.
The revolutionary idea of the autonomous bicycles is that they will automatically come to you.
Because the bicycles ride themselves back to a charging station or the next user fewer bikes will be needed to meet the same demand.
The ability to get a bike without having to look for it will improve the shared bike experience.

Since more and more cities are focussing on pedestrians and cyclists at the expense of cars these kind of innovations will surely help people to leave their cars at home and hop on a bike.

When looking at the video it seems a bit futuristic, but then again didn't we think the same about autonomous cars a few years ago?
I think the project is very pomising and I hope to see these bikes in our cities in e few years.

More info of the project:
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/AutonomousBicycleProject/overview/


cyclingcommunity.png




0
0
0.000
1 comments
avatar

Congratulations @friendlymoose! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

You have been a buzzy bee and published a post every day of the week

You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

To support your work, I also upvoted your post!

0
0
0.000