The company has long EDAG presents a thought-provoking concept vehicles, such as light car with a 3D printer or sports car with retractable sleeping, and now revealed another idea.
A question about the revolutionary CityBot, which is an autonomous vehicle that due to the relevant module is able to perform all the necessary work in the urban space. It consists of moving on 4 wheels cabin with head and robotic modules placed beside her depending on their activities – may be the place for a passenger, cleaning items or containers for transporting varying content. With three such modules, the robot can work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, helping the opportunity to protect the environment.
CityBot is equipped with a motor for the hydrogen fuel, which does not emit any harmful substances, and this can be very easy to obtain. And we are not talking about the traditional mining methods, but even the production of municipal waste, which has the same advantages – get rid of the garbage, and this one is not dependent on suppliers from countries with rich deposits, and so the price of the fuel should be attractive. In the case of a vehicle urban important here is the fact that refueling takes much less time than loading, which would require the use of an electric motor.
According EDAG is ideal for crowded cities of the future, because it can also replace private vehicles. With the company estimates that one CityBot is able to replace up to 4 private cars inhabitants, 100% satisfying their transportation needs. And if we add the possibility of cleaning, dumping of sewage, supply of goods and many others, we have a multi-purpose vehicle for nearly everything. The company predicts that in the future CityBoty have a chance to eliminate the road 80% of the other vehicle, and that can operate in a larger network, it will be with their help regulate city traffic, even eliminating traffic jams during peak hours.
These are very bold assumption, but there is no denying that in the face of increasing urban problems must be. If you want some time to live in a cleaner, safer and less poisonous space, we need a really brave ideas. EDAG is indeed not alone in his ideas, because although the vehicle has a “head”, through which it is able to carry on a conversation with the locals, it is strongly reminiscent of projects such as the recently disclosed Scania NXT or Snap Rinspeed.
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