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Mobility for All – Aurrigo Autonomous Pods at Blind Veterans UK

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  • Wednesday, 26 June 2019
  • 11:26 - 11:26
  • Duration: 13 mins
  • Publication date: 09 Jul 2019
  • Location: Francis Crick, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Cambridge Wireless 2019

About the session

Aurrigo are currently deploying a PodZero four-seat autonomous vehicle at Blind Veterans UK’s Brighton facility for six months starting in May 2019. With a membership totalling some 7,000 including permanent residents and visitors in Brighton, all with some form of sight loss, this deployment represents the biggest test of autonomous vehicle technology as a mechanism for improving mobility for those with disabilities. This presentation will highlight some of the early findings of the deployment including feedback from both human and canine passengers.

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  • AI
  • EV
  • IoT
  • Tesla
  • autonomy
  • big data
  • blockchain
  • buses
  • car
  • cloud
  • consumer unit
  • customer
  • customer service
  • digitising
  • drones
  • electric vehicles
  • electrification
  • electronics
  • innovation
  • manufacturing
  • mobility
  • product systems
  • self-driving vehicles
  • smart mobility

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  • Richard Fairchild

    Richard Fairchild

    After completing a PhD on the feasibility of autonomous navigation in 2009, Richard worked in research developing V2V and V2I technologies and improving access to transport for vulnerable and elderly passengers through technology.In 2011, Richard moved to industry, where he worked to set up and manage an automotive telematics division at RDM Group in Coventry.In March 2017, the Aurrigo division of RDM Group was formed and Richard has taken up the challenge of developing connected mobility solutions utilising autonomous vehicles to improve transport choices and accessibility for all travellers.
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