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Already Tired of High Maintenance Shared Electric Scooters? This Autonomous Version Takes Care of Itself so You Don't Have To
Rol is the scooter that comes to you. Equipped with autonomous technology, Rol drives to pick you up. After taking care of you, it takes care of itself. Driving itself to recharge, relocate, or park, Rol is a self-sufficient progression of today's shared electric scooters.
Design Team
Knack Team
THE CHALLENGE
There is a love-hate relationship with today's infestation of shared electric scooters. The love is created by this new mode of public transportation giving riders a dose of convenience and fun, while giving cities a solution to their traffic, tourism, and environmental issues.
The hate stems from the scooter's byproducts. As riders ignore the rules, scooters are driven and parked improperly, jeopardizing safety and leaving cities littered with scooters.
As we looked to improve today's shared electric scooter, our challenge was to design a scooter that rose above its sea of competitors.
OUR APPROACH
To stand out above the rest, we had to design a scooter that is more desirable. This desire was created by discovering and satisfying rider's unmet needs to deliver an exceptional user experience.
We also saw the opportunity to leverage the scooter's aesthetic to elevate and differentiate itself from its surrounding competitors. We set out to design a scooter that draws in the passerby and then connects with riders on an emotional level.
OUR SOLUTION
Today's scooter requires an infrastructure dependent on a very manual process. Behind-the-scenes teams must be on the ground to charge and relocate scooters each night. Meanwhile, walking to hunt down a scooter and then parking it in an orderly manner is the rider's responsibility.
We suggest that the next scooter ecosystem be an automated one. Our solution is an autonomous scooter that takes care of the back-end process on its own. With the ability to drive itself, the Rol scooter will pick up its rider, park itself in an orderly manner, relocate itself to an area with high demand, and also drive to recharge its own battery when getting low.
THE RESULT
Having the ability to remotely hail a Rol Scooter with the press of a button, users are now able to rely on Rol as a convenient way to commute and sightsee.
By automating logistical operations, the Rol Scooter is self-sufficient and no longer reliant upon both charging teams and rider cooperation to keep city streets tidy.
Rol delivers an excellent experience for both riders and cities, driving both demand and profit.
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Very interesting idea, I would like to have this myself! It would be easy to move around the city and take pictures)
The ammount of attention being placed on this form for transport seems disprportionate when compared to actual need and use. If you are already able-bodied enough to hold your balance and stand up on an electronic scooter then you are better off walking for short hop trips or cycling for longer journeys. The electronic scooters seen in my city of Copenhagen are used by mainly younger people and tourists. We have the infrastructure already in place (bicycle lanes and proper riding rules) but many cities that really need these rely on people being able to ride on pavements or in amongst traffic. This specific design is indeed smart because it can tidy itself away, but isn't the real problem that technology like this moves much faster than cities abilities to implement the necessary infrastructure?
Thanks for a powerful post! Technology is always developing and improving giving people more ideas to expand inventions and make the old inventions better and more useful for their community and the world. Today's scooter requires an infrastructure dependent on a very manual process. This specific design is indeed smart because it can tidy itself away, but isn't the real problem that technology like this moves much faster than cities abilities to implement the necessary infrastructure?
So the idea, in order to improve safety, is to have folded pink skateboards autonomously wandering in the middle of pedestrians (or even traffic) looking for a charging base or a new customer ? Haha, I can't wait to see that !!! Seriously guys, is that the only kind of progress that technology inspires you ?
You make the mistake of believing that car traffic and the amount of access granted to cars in cities will remain the same. It won;t for a multitude of reason, one most city are 25% road. The more we move to smaller vehicles the more land a city can take back and utilise whilst also leverage ev to place reliance on permanent transport structures