Nissan’s Pitch-R robot can draw an eco-friendly football pitch almost anywhere
Although you’ll still need jumpers for goalposts.
Football fans have been using their imaginations to create pitches for decades, but Nissan’s latest piece of technology might be about to make their job a little more straightforward.
The Pitch-R is an autonomous robot which can draw five-a-side, seven-a-side or 11-a-side football pitches wherever there is space, with the ability to do so on uneven surfaces as well as to navigate obstacles.
Pitch-R was unveiled at the Champions League final in Kiev, in which Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 3-1 to claim their third consecutive European crown.
The creation is inspired by Nissan’s advanced ProPILOT driver assistance technology. Pitch-R features a four-camera vision system, GPS location tracking and collision avoidance systems.
Nissan say the Pitch-R is “the first in a series of advanced prototypes being developed using Nissan Intelligent Mobility technologies”, and recommended that people should watch the 2018/19 Champions League for further developments.
Jean-Pierre Diernaz, Nissan Europe’s vice president for marketing, added: “That’s the passion which drove our design and engineering team to create Pitch-R. It injects the best of Nissan technology into an innovation which can benefit grassroots football, and excite and engage young fans.”
