{"id":12731,"date":"2023-02-05T22:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T06:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/beam-begins-integration-of-pedestrian-shield-technology\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T22:53:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T06:53:02","slug":"beam-begins-integration-of-pedestrian-shield-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/beam-begins-integration-of-pedestrian-shield-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam begins integration of Pedestrian Shield technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"69\">\n<div class=\"td-featured-image-rec\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/02\/beam.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Australia and New Zealand\u2019s largest shared micromobility company Beam has begun integration of its path detection technology, Pedestrian Shield, onto a number of its Auckland e-scooter fleet.<\/p>\n<p>An initial 200 e-scooters will be fitted with the technology, powered by Drover AI\u2019s PathPilot product.<\/p>\n<p>The AI-powered technology can detect whether an e-scooter is travelling on a road, footpath or bicycle lane, allowing for customised education and enforcement to riders, and assisting policy-makers in their urban planning.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial phase of integration, the units will detect surface areas as riders travel, learning Auckland\u2019s specific road, bike path and footpaths.<\/p>\n<p>The units will adapt their knowledge of the city as riders ride around Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>Riders will hear a range of audible sounds on e-scooters with Pedestrian Shield integrated which change as the e-scooter travels between road, bike path and footpath, indicating to the rider that the e-scooter has identified the surface area they are riding on.<\/p>\n<p>In the second phase of integration scheduled for later this year, the e-scooters integrated with Pedestrian Shield will eventually have the capability to cap riders at different maximum speeds depending on surface area.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a rider will be allowed higher maximum speeds when riding on a bike path or road than on the footpath.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!---- Article PDF link download -----><\/p>\n<p><!---- End Article PDF link download -----><br \/>\n<!--- White Paper--><br \/>\n<!-- End Whitepaper -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldconstructiontoday.com\/news\/beam-begins-integration-of-pedestrian-shield-technology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia and New Zealand\u2019s largest shared micromobility company Beam has begun integration of its path detection technology, Pedestrian Shield, onto &#8230; 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