Maybe you don’t have the smartest baby, but maybe you can get the smartest baby stroller. There’s a self-driving baby carriage that’s being hailed as the world’s smartest baby stroller, and it just debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Good Morning America featured the stroller called the “Ella” and it promises a long list of amazing features like “adaptive push and brake assistance” for a “hands-free strolling” experience for parents and caregivers, according to Gluxkind, a Canadian company that claims they’ve got the best baby stroller ever. Gluxkind says the stroller would work across any terrain, even hills, and icy sidewalks. Yes, there’s an app for that. It’s designed to work with their app and is also powered by artificial intelligence. Some other features that you might find convenient are a removable bassinet and toddler seat, an automatic “rock-my-baby” option, and a built-in white noise machine.
But wait, there’s more, “it gives you a second pair of hands and another pair of eyes while you’re out and about with your kid,” said Anne Hunger, who is one of the company’s co-founders. She also told Good Morning America that the stroller’s push and brake features are like the brakes on an e-bike. She also shared that the stroller’s maximum speed is about 4 miles per hour.
She co-founded Gluxkind in 2020 with her husband Kevin Huang, who told Good Morning America they were inspired to create a smart stroller after they started shopping for one for their two-year-old daughter. He said, “When we were stroller shopping, even the most popular ones were really lacking in a lot of the safety tech that we take for granted in cars.” He also mentioned that “we were mind-blown that there’s nothing that’s smarter than what they used to be like 50 years ago.”
Do we really need a stroller that we don’t have to push? The stroller market will decide if this changes the game.