Ride into the Future: Discover the MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project!

NOTE: This version of the website has been specifically designed for the Museum of Science with young audiences in mind. A more detailed description of the project can be found here.

Why bikes?

Do you know how awesome it feels to ride a bike? Not only is it super fun, but it's also great for our planet! Biking helps keep the air clean and reduces pollution in cities all around the world. People are working hard to make biking even better by building bike lanes and sharing systems, like Boston's Bluebikes!

At the MIT Media Lab's City Science group, we're thinking about how to make bikes even cooler. You've probably heard of self-driving cars, right? But why can't bikes be autonomous, too?

What is the MIT Autonomous Bicycle Project?

Imagine this: you're at home, and you want to go for a bike ride. Instead of having to go find a shared bike, you just open an app on your phone and ask for one. Then, magically, the bike comes to you, all by itself! You hop on, go wherever you want, and when you're done, the bike heads off to find someone else who needs it or gets charged up for its next adventure. The City Science team has worked hard over the past few years to bring this self-sufficient bike to life!