Fritzmeier show Genius Cab prototype for cab of the near future

Fritzmeier showed the Genius Cab at bauma 2016. It is a prototype 'cab of the near future' developed by a consortium of designers, manufacturers, academics and others and launched at bauma. Fritzmeier was one of the project leaders and built the 10 demonstration cabs on show at consortium member stands. The project, which won the bauma innovation award 2016 in the design category, aims to demonstrate a construction machinery cab optimised in all dimensions. Other members of the consortium include Bosch, Gr
April 14, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Genius Cab combines optimised features

8407 Fritzmeier showed the Genius Cab at bauma 2016. It is a prototype 'cab of the near future' developed by a consortium of designers, manufacturers, academics and others and launched at bauma. Fritzmeier was one of the project leaders and built the 10 demonstration cabs on show at consortium member stands.

The project, which won the bauma innovation award 2016 in the design category, aims to demonstrate a construction machinery cab optimised in all dimensions. Other members of the consortium include Bosch, Grammer, Savvy Telematic Systems and the Technical University of Dresden. The Genius Cab is strictly a demonstrator project and not a commercial product.

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