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Elcano Project Self drive technology is affordable while improving safety, convenience, and energy efficiency. http://bit.ly/DIY-Robot-Kits Folsom, PhD)

Self-driving or autonomous vehicles are right around the corner. We need this technology to provide transportation for the mobility-impaired such as people who are too young or too old, or people without a vehicle. We can create a system to ensure the automated delivery of goods.We can make transportation safer, and more efficient through improved urban design and while cutting pollution to zero

. The ramifications of autonomy go far beyond an improved car. Applying current technology to urban mobility can improve safety, convenience, and energy efficiency. Here is a vision of what is possible:
If traffic accidents become rare, lightweight robot vehicles can freely mix with heavier vehicles. The autonomous vehicles weighing less than the riders can achieve 1000 MPG equivalent and be powered by renewable energy. When most urban trips are made in self-driving taxis, the distinction between public and private transportation becomes blurred. With autonomy, vehicles can become modular, changing size for the baggage and passengers carried. (“Energy and Autonomous Urban Land Vehicles” - IEEE Technology and Society Magazine by T.

The video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni1zu3A_lDg won the IEEE Vehicle Technology Society's story telling competitio...
12/19/2023

The video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni1zu3A_lDg won the IEEE Vehicle Technology Society's story telling competition. This is the long-term vision of our work.

A vision of sustainable urban transportation for mid century

We were on TV this evening:
01/09/2019

We were on TV this evening:

UW students hope to change the world with three wheels

Story on Geek Wire:
11/29/2018

Story on Geek Wire:

If you’re entertaining futuristic visions of cruising down the highway in your own self-driving, electric car, Tyler Folsom wants to expand that notion. Picture yourself instead behind the handlebars…

Prof. Folsom on KBOO Portland Bike Show:
09/07/2018

Prof. Folsom on KBOO Portland Bike Show:

Whether you haven't pushed a pedal since you were a kid or logged thousands of miles in the past year, we present something for every listener.

http://www.uwb.edu/news/september-2018/autonomous-trike
09/07/2018

http://www.uwb.edu/news/september-2018/autonomous-trike

The self-driving tricycle project at the University of Washington Bothell is rolling forward, giving students the opportunity to develop engineering and computing skills in the field of autonomous vehicles.

Good article on the project:
08/03/2018

Good article on the project:

While driverless cars are all the rage, one UW Bothell professor is focusing his attention on autonomous vehicles with fewer wheels.

07/14/2018

Tyler Folsom will be on Seattle's KIRO radio Thursday July 19, between 9:30 and 10:30.

PBS story:
07/06/2018

PBS story:

Professor Tyler Folsom and his students at University of Washington Bothell are spearheading a grassroots effort to develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit: self-driving bikes.

06/09/2018

KCTS-9 (PBS) shot a story on 6/8/18. Should be broadcast in early September.

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