Get a load of Gita – Piaggio cargo bot
Piaggio is renowned for scooters – heck, it owns the Vespa brand – so perhaps not the first place to go for a robot. Well, that is all about to change thanks to Gita.
Piaggio Fast Forward is the robot-loving arm of the Italian company. It is pretty pleased with itself too.
The new tech division has unveiled its first product: Gita.
This is a personal cargo robot that is able to haul up to 40 pounds of supplies. It can either follow a map, or its human operator.
It will even keep up with you on a bike as it is capable of trundling along at 22MPH.
As you can probably guess by Gita’s shape, it’ll turn on a sixpence. This should come in handy when weaving in and out of those meat-bag pedestrians.
Could Gita make roadies a thing of the past? Well, we’ll have to wait and see.
.@jgownder says #Gita could change the way people work. Read more about our cargo vehicle in the @WSJ online! https://t.co/fHYh4AHCXP
— Piaggio Fast Forward (@P_F_F) January 30, 2017
Gita – first step
The plan is to roll out the robot to business-to-business test programs. Although, Piaggio fully intends to release a version that you can buy for individual use.
A full announcement is expected on February 2nd, so expect some celebrations. Judging by the pic above, it looks like ‘Good-time Gita’ is already prepared.
Could we be seeing Gitas and Starship bots taking care of our weekly shop whilst Amazon drones drop off our other wants soon?
