BaT app

Brilliant autonomous Taxi app

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Inspiration

The BaT app is inspired from a mixed idea of Über and the scooter apps concept and optimized to satisfy the varied clients' needs.

What it does

  • Dynamic fleet parsing from json API provided by Sixt
  • Fleet data management and update on screen for the user
  • Bookings receive and queuing

What it is planned to do

  • Link booked Robotaxis to user requests
  • Prioritize path of the taxis after dropoffs
  • Pick the best path to user after the robotaxi is identified via heuristic algorithm
  • A user-friendly app
  • Scheduling and management of the various trips.
  • Allows for safety measures from theft or damage.

How we built it

The program framework is Flutter with the language dart.

Challenges we ran into

  • Connection issues (Internet speed and disconnections, gather and in Discord problems)
  • lack of expertise in Flutter, and interfacing with google maps API
  • short time
  • Communication issues (online, from different countries/ cities)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are happy to being in the Hackatum2021, pleased to know each other and make a team, of 3 members, proud of the solution we came up and with the skills learned from transferring the words into math and an app.

  • Knowledge sharing across the team. Multiple cross-industry experiences are shared during the hackathon.
  • Think about the challenge problems with different mindsets from different perspectives (user's background).
  • Despite having little to no experience with front end development, our team managed to construct a scalable boilerplate that a fully functional app (Sixt- BaT) can be developed on.

What we learned

coding is not an easy task and knowledge is not enough, but in a team you learn faster new and interesting tips. Team spirit, fun time, and cooperation.

  • How to break a big task into smaller modules and think in agile way.
  • Assign each task to a respective member with adequate challenge estimation.
  • Flutter events queuing and handling
  • Front end development
  • Google Maps API

What's next for BaT

  • A web app to support the unfinished brainstormed features.
  • Generalize the app to support other types of vehicles.
  • Extend the currently deployed features to support bigger audiences' needs.
  • Deploy on Playstore/Appstore and get user's feedback -> if we could have access to the HW fleet.

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