Centaur Robotics - Personal electric vehicle proposal for care services and hospitals

** 背景 ** 公司由大卫拉詹创立，他的灵感来自于他患有脑瘫的小儿子。大卫研究了市场，但没有任何可用的工作很好，看起来很好。大卫的研究指出了市场上存在的一个空白，即功能齐全、设计精美的个人车辆，可以为用户提供以前无法实现的移动性和信心。Centaur Robotics正在重新构想21世纪的移动性，Centaur是新一代个人电动汽车（PEV）的第一款。**产品描述/创新 ** 本公司已经建立了一个个人电动车（PEV），一个自平衡机器人两轮驾驶座椅与高度调整。这款车是为那些移动的少，但有很好的后备箱控制的人设计的。创新来自于将产品的不同元素融合在一起的复杂性。我们的设计创新减少了PEV的尺寸，我们一直在努力保持理想的美学。创新涵盖四个主要领域：* 设计-通过使用高科技，复合材料和软件来生产轻型PEV。移动性和人工智能-提供驾驶员辅助、防撞、自动驾驶、路线和导航以及记录健康数据等解决方案的新技术。*社交移动性-移动的应用程序、用户组、语音控制、手动控制，包括日记集成和提醒。* MaaS -实时PEV管理信息，双向用户通信，健康数据，车辆信息和位置。与现有的手动密集型方法相比，该创新可实现此服务的自动化，即移动性服务。**该项目 ** 由Innovate UK支持的该项目旨在帮助解决Covid-19大流行造成的一些问题。也就是说，需要帮助的人在护理和自己的家中的流动性和独立性。护理人员和护理人员可以通过更多地关注人而不是在家中移动人来提高工作效率。该项目的主要目标是开发专门针对护理市场的车辆，并与商业伙伴合作，将解决方案推向市场。**未来 **Centaur Robotics期待着一个所有人都能独立运动的未来，用户感到被赋予了权力。该项目被扩展，以加快客户评估和预购试点计划。

**Background**The Company was founded by David Rajan who was inspired to create a mobility product by his young son who has Cerebral Palsy. David researched the market but there was nothing available that worked well and looked good. David's research pointed to a gap in the market for a functional and beautifully designed personal vehicle that could provide the user with previously unattainable mobility and confidence.Centaur Robotics is re-imagining mobility for the 21st century and the Centaur is the first of a new generation of personal electric vehicles (PEV).**Product description / innovation**The Company has built a personal electric vehicle (PEV), a self balancing robot two wheeled driving chair with height adjust. The vehicle is designed for people who are less mobile but have good trunk control.Innovation comes from the complexity of bringing together the different elements of the product. Our design innovation reduces the size of the PEV and we have worked hard on keeping the desirable aesthetics. Innovation covers four main areas:*Design - inclusivity via use of high-tech, composite materials and software to produce a lightweight PEV.*Mobility and AI - new technology to provide solutions such as driver assist, collision avoidance, autonomous driving, routing and navigation, plus recording well being data.*Social mobility - mobile app, user groups, voice control, hand control, including diary integration and reminders.*MaaS - real-time PEV management information, two-way user communication, well being data, vehicle information and location.The innovation enables automation of this service, mobility-as-a-service in comparison to existing manual intensive methods.**This project**This project supported by Innovate UK looks to help solve some of the issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Namely the mobility and independence of people in care and their own homes but need assistance.Carers and care staff can be more productive by focusing more on people and less on moving people around their homes.The key objectives of this project are to develop a vehicle specifically for the care market and engage with business partners to bring a solution to market.**The future**Centaur Robotics looks forward to a future where there is independence of movement for all and users feel empowered. The project was extended to accelerate customer assessment and pre orders pilot program.