It’s not easy to build a machine that is both useful and endearing—to strike a balance between state-of-the-art and humanistic. But the new robot from Boston-based Piaggio Fast Forward—Vespa’s ...

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The first cargo-carrying robot marketed directly to consumers is on sale this holiday season. But how many people are ready to ditch their second car to buy a two-wheeled rover that can follow them ...

Being followed around is at best annoying (by a nagging sibling) and at worst terrifying (by a suspicious stranger). But imagine using the art of lurking to your advantage. That’s the plan for Piaggio ...

Piaggio Fast Forward, backed by the company that launched the Vespa, is launching its first consumer product: the Gita. The little spherical robot is meant to trail people on the go, carrying up to 40 ...

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Gita is a new personal cargo robot which will soon be launching priced at $3,250. Designed to follow you autonomously the small robot is capable of carrying a wide variety of different things from ...

As a Bostonian, your commute is probably a pretty important factor in deciding where you work, play, and live. And having an easy one, especially in a city where driving three miles means waiting in ...

Consumer-focused personal robots have a spotty history. In 2017, Jibo was touted as the world's first social robot for the home, but it ended up flopping soon after. Bosch took a stab a creating a ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Piaggio Fast Forward, a subsidiary of storied Italian automotive firm Piaggio, has launched its second robot, ...