GIVE WAY FOR THE MOBILITY REVOLUTION
From the real lab to everyday life: EDAG CityBot, the world's first fully integrated ecosystem for commercial use in transport and work tasks:
Soccer experts say that the truth about soccer can only be found on the field. The same applies to the EDAG CityBot. The highly automated, multi-functional robot vehicles are being put through their paces in real lab operation at the Campus FreeCity in the Deutsche Bank Park. In cooperation with Eintracht Tech - the digital subsidiary of Eintracht Frankfurt - and other partners, EDAG is testing various service functions of the EDAG CityBots under real lab conditions in a government funded project in the Eintracht Frankfurt stadium grounds.
In the Campus FreeCity program, the interdisciplinary project team is focusing particularly on level 4 autonomous driving, i.e. without either a steering wheel or a brake pedal. In addition, the EDAG CityBots' modularity and multi-functionality must be verified under everyday conditions. The aim is for them to be operational around the clock: as a passenger cell, a cargo carrier or device for city cleaning, waste disposal or park maintenance, whatever is required. To this end, the vehicles network with their surroundings to create a complete ecosystem comprising a wide range of business models. This offers enormous potential, which needs to be exploited. EDAG CityBots can be adapted to suit a wide variety of vehicle types and functions, and are freely scalable. For tasks at airports or container terminals, for example, or in the agricultural sector.
Further details and insights can be gained in the white paper "EDAG CityBot – Give Way for the Energy Revolution", which can be downloaded here.