Dubai to operate the first Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) capable of carrying a human this July.The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with the Chinese EHANG Company, announced that it had carried out the first test run of an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) capable of carrying a human, branded as EHANG184 in Dubai skies. The vehicle they're banking on, called the EHang 184, actually merges two of the biggest advancements in transport in recent years - hovering and self-driving technology. The idea is that passengers will program their destination at the start of the ride, and the hover-taxi will get them there - no driver required.The vehicle is about 1.5 metres tall (5 feet), weighs approximately 200 kg (440 pounds) , and can recharge in 2 hours. In its capacity as a Dubai taxi, it will make trips to a set list of destinations up to 30 minutes away - roughly 16 km, or 10 miles - from the hover-taxi rank. Passengers do not need to learn how to fly it, they do not need get to a pilot's license, they just need to press a button and then it vertically takes off, flies from point A to point B, and lands.The Ehang 184 operates with a fail-safe system that will automatically land the vehicle if it senses that any component is damaged or not functioning properly.
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