EV wheelchair: WHILL, Self driving at 5 airports around the world: popular with elderly people
EV wheelchair: WHILL
In 2019, WHILL, an EV wheelchair, announced that “we have conducted demonstration tests of automatic driving of EV wheelchairs at five airports worldwide.”
WHILL exhibited an automatic EV wheelchair driving system at CES 2019 in 2019.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands in May,
In November, Haneda Airport and Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport,
In December, demonstration tests were conducted at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates and Winnipeg International Airport in Canada.
Demonstration experiment:
In demonstration experiments with manned people, a total of more than 100 airport users are actually boarding.
In the demonstration experiment
Set up an electric wheelchair station in the area after passing the security
After the airport user gets on the board and moves to the desired boarding gate,
It took the form of returning to the station unattended.
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