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Robotics and the City: 3 Global Examples

Three case studies of robotics technology integrated into the design and management of urban settings offers a glimpse of a potential future.

May 10, 2018 - Independent (UK)

Designing The Urban Technology Landscape

Urban planners need to go beyond environment and stakeholder input, taking a stronger role in the development of new technologies to design new urban futures rather than relying on software engineers.

June 17, 2015 - Humanitarian Space

Is The Age of the Robot Car Upon Us?

Brad Templeton, chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, hopes that robot-driven cars will become commonplace on our roads in the next decade or two.

February 3, 2009 - Boing Boing

15 Bold and Bizarre Parking Solutions

WebUrbanist brings together fifteen innovative, creative, and absurd experiments in parking, from VW's robot stacker to eco parking to parking meters on gravestones.

January 26, 2009 - WebUrbanist

Tokyo's Robotic High-Tech Bike Parking

Tokyo finds solution to commuter bicycle parking shortage by building high-tech robotic garages.

September 8, 2008 - The Washington Post

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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100 Most Influential Urbanists

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