Yape

yape, your autonomous pony express, is the e-novia project that has given birth to the first self-driving home delivery vehicle entirely designed and built in italy. thanks to a number of unique features, yape is able to move with ease in the narrow streets and alleys typical of many european, and especially italian cities, either on sidewalks (with a maximum speed of 6 kilometres per hour) or on bicycle lanes (up to 20 km/h) with a range of about 80 km. yape moves on two wheels driven by autonomous electric engines which help to minimise energy consumption and, at the same time, to maximise the vehicle’s agility of movement. what is more, the robot is able to rotate on the spot and to overcome obstacles such as tram tracks and sidewalk edges. yape produces a digital map of the city with the help of sensors in the form of video cameras and lasers. these are able to interact with sensors that are already installed throughout the city such as those placed near traffic lights for monito