The lightweight delivery system
for the 21st century cityscape.
Gita
Gita is a 26 inch tall light vehicle that can carry up to 40 lbs.; its name means 'short journey' in Italian. Gita is able either to navigate high-density urban spaces while following people or to move autonomously along pathways that it has already traveled. It's an everyday assistant designed to help people walk, run, pedal and skate their way more freely and productively through life.
Modes of operation
Follow
In the follow mode, Gita learns how to navigate complex spaces by trailing an experienced guide equipped with a wearable: YOU! As it travels, it creates a 3D map of its surroundings.
Autonomous
In environments Gita has already explored, it can move independently between waypoints. Gita detects and avoids obstacles should any features of the real world not coincide with its existing maps.
Features
Simple
With the tap of a button, Gita can follow you, head off alone to a pre-assigned waypoint, or form a convoy with other Gitas.
Expressive
Gita is approachable and communicative. It uses lights, sounds, and a touchscreen interface to stay in touch.
All Terrain
Gita has large wheels like a bicycle, so it can operate on irregular surfaces, indoors and outdoors, on sidewalks and streets, up and down ADA compliant ramps.
Fast
Gita matches the full range of human mobility, with speeds that extend from a crawl to a sprint to a fast ride. Gita can move at up to 22mph.
Never Lost
Gita always knows the way. Even if you are behind a tree or around the corner, it will always find you and catch back up.
Secure
Gita's lid has a secure lock to protect its cargo. Gita is tracked at all times. It is equipped with a 360 degree camera.
Durable
Gita is built to carry up to 40 pounds of cargo and a volume of up to nearly 2,000 cubic inches (the equivalent of a case of wine, a loaded rucksack, or two stuffed grocery bags).
Long Range
Gita's batteries will last for a full 8 hours when operated at walking speeds. It will follow you around all day without getting tired.
The Launch Event
Piaggio Group presented in Boston Gita and Kilo, the first projects developed by Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a company established and controlled by the Piaggio Group to be an advanced American research centre for future mobility. The Group thus explores the evolution of mobility and does so thinking about the future, expanding its vision to include a much broader range of technological solutions compared to its current core business.
Granular Mobility
Where others see self-driving cars and driverless panel vans, we at Piaggio Fast Forward imagine cities filled with people and land-drones. We solve the complicated puzzle of urban space at the granular rather than the automotive scale. By applying today's navigation technologies to nimble, lightweight vehicles navigating sidewalks and narrow streets, we bring back the joy of walking and riding freely to urban cityscapes.
"The initial challenge that came out of these talks was a sense that the world of mobility is undergoing a significant transformation, and that motorcycle companies, as distinguished and advanced as they may be, are struggling to interpret it."
Kilo
Kilo is Gita's older brother, capable of carrying up to 250 pounds and larger pieces of cargo.
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