![PAMELA, the Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd0GUR8awO2y_XetQREC853HgAWS11CY5CH5Hv-DmCdzsGvI0ssNzauuWf-eCV695qtN38WSCM49OuY-wvU0P2Hd4leeCep8S0UgddEesWH1QHdmv5VoKCKqr4jQMnN4aztxp/s800/061029_2_pamela_1.jpg)
This is PAMELA, or the reconfigurable robotic Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory. If you volunteer to be a human guinea pig, you will be subjected to a sort of urban nightmare: headache-inducing lighting; steep inclines to raise heart rates and test the patience of wheelchair users; wet surfaces, gaps and bumps to trip and bruise you; and other people.
But such experiments may result in safer streets and more user-friendly public spaces.
![PAMELA, the Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvw1w8psa1u8oCvPBdSbC5kt3O3Y-83e0cxnrvHSsuyA5FhQ-CMvPPmoix6njHaKWE6MbbUhNIAnL5V_jkpuL-QSxFus27eYP9umUMiqz6wKADEmt6wHND3U3TPGk6B8fc68kN/s800/061029_2_pamela_2.jpg)
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