CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Forget backpacks, handbags or boxes - a new invention made in Boston promises to change how humans carry and transport things.
Called Gita, which is pronounced jeet-ah, the round robot can follow a human or move in a mapped environment and learns as it navigates.
Piaggio Fast Forward designed and launched the Gita, which is 26 inches tall, has a cargo carrying capacity of 40 POUNDS, and a maximum speed of 22 mph. The robot has a zero turning radius and is designed to help carry things instead of a truck or automobile.
Piaggio Fast Forward's goal is to help people walk, run and skate without the need of backpacks or a car.
"Think about how much more freely you would be able to move from one point to another if lugging cumbersome items was removed from the equation," said CEO Jeffrey Schnapp.
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The Gita can also go off "on missions" while its owners continue doing something else, according to Schnapp.
The Gita will be debuting Thursday in Cambridge; it is not for sale to the general public yet.