A Four Wheeled Fully Autonomous Delivery Robot Has an Airbag for Pedestrians

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When speaking about its autonomous vehicles, one expects the company to speak about accident avoidance rates, 360-degree sensors, artificial intelligence, machine learning among other things. But Mountain View, California-based Nuro's third-generation autonomous electric vehicle has an airbag for pedestrians, in case of an unavoidable collision,Founded in 2016, Nuro is the brainchild of two veterans from Google's self-driving car project.

. To this effect, its electric vehicle has absolutely no place for drivers, not even to trial its driving software. The internal space of the vehicle has been fully repurposed to make deliveries. , the company has detailed the changes that accompany the launch of its third-generation delivery vehicle. The width of the car has been intentionally reduced by 20 percent so that pedestrians and cyclists on the road have more room alongside the delivery bot.

For the bot, the company does not expect any special working conditions, though, and is designed to work in all weather across geographies. The sensors on the bot not only give it a 360-degree view of the world but also help the vehicle distinguish between leaves and a small animal and even count the number of people in a dense fog, the company claims.

To improve the delivery experience, the bot can be fitted with modular inserts that help in the segregation of deliveries. The compartments can also be temperature controlled to ensure thatLast year, the company announced plans of building a manufacturing facility in Nevada. However, the company is partnering with BYD North America, to assemble hardware components for the vehicles and has begun pre-production.

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