Human beings have proven themselves to be good at gazillion different things, but nothing beats their ability to get better on a consistent basis. This unwavering commitment towards growth has really enabled the world to clock some huge milestones, with technology emerging as quite a major member of the group. The reason why we hold technology in such a high regard is, by and large, predicated upon its skill-set, which ushered us towards a reality that nobody could have ever imagined otherwise. Nevertheless, if we look beyond the surface for one hot second, it will become abundantly clear how the whole runner was also very much inspired from the way we applied those skills across a real world environment. The latter component, in fact, did a lot to give the creation a spectrum-wide presence, and as a result, initiated a full-blown tech revolution. Of course, the next thing this revolution did was to scale up the human experience through some outright unique avenues, but even after achieving a feat so notable, technology will somehow continue to bring forth the right goods. The same has turned more and more evident in recent times, and assuming one new discovery ends up with the desired impact, it will only put that trend on a higher pedestal moving forward.
Beep Inc., provider of autonomous shared mobility solutions, has officially announced the launch of Beep AutonomOS, which is a platform designed to let public transit operators and mobility-as-a-service companies integrate autonomous mobility services rapidly and seamlessly into their solutions. You see, software-driven mobility gets dubbed as the next big thing in the logistics industry because of the way it leverages autonomous mobility networks to combine real-time service optimization with greater efficiency and performance. But what makes AutonomOS an ideal candidate to fulfill this growing market? Well, the answer resides in its ability to provide safe, scalable, cost-effective multi-passenger autonomous mobility services. Making the whole solution more important is a fact that it provides comprehensive services capability for the deployment and management of autonomous passenger services either as a standalone solution or with integration into multimodal operations. Talk about the whole value proposition on a more granular level, the solution in question comes decked up with a unified view of service performance, fleet health. and on-road operations. Then, we have dedicated government tools to ensure mission compliance and passenger safety. Once the safety and legality concerns are duly addressed, AutonomOS brings to the fore service optimization features that integrate service performance, smart city infrastructure, and ridership data to drive greater service efficiency, optimize passenger experience, and maximize ridership across the system. Moving on, the product also has on offer service definition and planning functions to support a variety of service modes from fixed route to demand-responsive variants, while simultaneously boasting a machine learning-powered in-cabin monitoring functionality. The latter element is there to facilitate an immediate response in the event of a passenger safety or roadway issue. Another thing which enhances the prospects of this solution talks to its support for leading ADS providers, a sense of support that is further backed up by data protocol and a toolkit to enable rapid integration with further platforms. In case the whole offering still doesn’t sound attractive enough to you, then it must be mentioned how AutonomOS is even made to be outright compatible in the context of wider data standards including GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification), and GTFS-RT (General Transit Feed Specification Realtime).
“Autonomous vehicles are capable of safely navigating our streets from waypoint to waypoint, but lack the concepts of mission, service and passenger,” said Joe Moye, CEO of Beep. “Beep AutonomOS fills a void in the autonomy landscape by introducing management and orchestration logic enabling the integration of autonomous vehicles into public mobility networks. More importantly, AutonomOS adds an additional layer of functionality to address passenger safety and comfort concerns in advance of fully unattended autonomous deployments.”
Founded in 2019, Beep’s rise to prominence stems from an ability to plan, deploy, and manage autonomous shuttles in dynamic mobility networks. By doing so, the company connects people and places with solutions that reduce congestion, eliminate carbon emissions, improve road safety and enable mobility for all.
