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Piaggio Fast Forward (PFF), a Boston-based robotics and future mobility company and subsidiary of the Piaggio Group, develops personal mobility robots. Its flagship product is Gita, a follow-me cargo-carrying robot with 20kg payload capacity, launched to consumers in the US in 2019. Produced in Boston's Charlestown district, Gita targets applications in travel, hospitality, real estate, retail, and local food delivery via pilot programs. PFF also offers gitaplus and gitamini models to augment personal mobility and assist with carrying belongings.
Company facts
- HQ
- Boston, United States
- Founded
- 2015 · 11 yrs
- Website
- piaggiofastforward.com
Milestones
Kicked off pilot programs to test Gita applications in travel, hospitality, real estate, retail, and local food delivery.
Opened a 10,000‑sq‑ft production site in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to manufacture Gita robots.
Launched Gita follow-me robot to US consumers.
Introduced the Gita robot publicly as a follow‑me carrier designed for consumers.
Piaggio Group founded Piaggio Fast Forward in Boston as its robotics and future‑mobility subsidiary.
Press coverage
- Piaggio Fast Forward with Gita starts pilot programs to develop new applications
Piaggio Group · Nov 2020
- Gita robots helping a healthy lifestyle
Newcastle University Press Office
- Watch How Gita the Robot Follows You Anywhere
Electronics360
- Gita robot gets revisions, rolls onto consumer market
The Robot Report · Nov 2020
- First‑of‑its‑kind following robot rolls into Austin market
CultureMap Austin · May 2021
- Company targets 'walkable' Seattle with robot that carries your stuff
GeekWire · May 2021
- Piaggio Gita 2017
The Chicago Athenaeum · Dec 2017
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