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Segway-Ninebot unveils scooters that drive themselves to charging stations
- jayd16 7y agoI really want Bird scooters that you can shoo away, and they'll come to life and clear the sidewalk.
- dillonmckay 7y agoLike a flock of birds? I get it!
- dwighttk 7y ago"drive themselves" "AI-driven scooters, controlled remotely from the cloud" controlled remotely from the cloud sounds to me like shadow-workers.
- jayd16 7y agoOr, you know, they get directions to the charging station from a server.
- bsder 7y ago> controlled remotely from the cloud sounds to me like shadow-workers. <shrug> One worker can drive dozens of scooters to chargers over the course of a day. China has lots of people and low labor costs.
- wisdomdata 7y agoA tool with a camera and other sensors you can log into remotely and drive wherever you like in Washington (for example) and then have it loiter while it beams data back to china. Sounds like a plan!
- jessaustin 7y agoWhy hasn't this movie been made already?!?
- sitkack 7y agoI have long envisioned vended self balancing scooters, they would be summoned and appear like magic.
- megaremote 7y agoNo they do not. They didn't even demo it or provide a video.
- jameslk 7y agoNothing mentioned about how these won't run into things or cause chaos in intersections? What happens if someone tries to jump on one while it's driving itself? I'd really like to know
- notatoad 7y agoI'm guessing they drive themselves at something below walking pace, and if they're interfered with in any way they stop.
- ph0rque 7y agoHeh... here I thought it was the original Segway company that was years ahead (using over-complicated tech) of the scooter trend!
- skinnymuch 7y agoTechnically it is, isn’t it? I think Ninebot bought them. But you could say that makes the original Segway dead then.
- ph0rque 7y agoAh, I wasn't aware of the history. Thanks!
- skinnymuch 7y agoQuick skimming of wiki, seems like the founder left the company during its first sale back in 2009. Then Ninebot bought it in 2015. Seems both sales were for very low amounts. Who knows what could’ve been!
- xanth 7y agoOh man this is a terrible idea if limited to our current tech, even if they're being controlled from the cloud with shadow-workers the havoc they could cause is significant and the chance of failure is high.
- dgzl 7y agoI'd like to know how they plan on not running into stuff. Portland has a lot of things randomly blocking sidewalks. What if the scooter is in the street and can't get onto a sidewalk?
- acd 7y agoWe are starting to hit boundaries what is good for individual vs public. It’s good for a scooter to recharge itself. It is not necessarily nice for the public to walk among scooters going to recharge stations. Ie philosophy public vs private interest.
- akadruid1 7y agoWe long ago passed those boundaries. It's good for an individual to sit in air-conditioned comfort while burning fossil fuels to move 1.5 tons of vehicle. It is very unpleasant for the public to walk, run, cycle, scoot or even just stand among dangerous, noxious and congested vehicles
- Zhenya 7y agoNot to sound paranoid or anything but are we (USA, Western world) really going to allow motorized robots (with cameras and sensors) by the thousands to be let loose in the US all beaming data and controlled from China?
- Fnoord 7y agoIs there legislation which prohibits AI-driven bots such as a Segway autonomously on the sidewalk (not talking about the road). What about bicycle road? (Asking world-wide, not any specific country.)