Saitama Institute of Technology and Field Auto Co., Ltd., a university-launched venture, gathered together next-generation mobility and mobility technologies held at YRP (Yokosuka Research Park) from January 2019 to 1, 24. We jointly exhibited at "Yokosuka x Smart Mobility Challenge 26" and gave a test drive demonstration of automatic driving.

 Saitama Institute of Technology, which is engaged in research and development related to automatic driving technology, has participated in the "SIP-adus Large-scale Demonstration Experiment *" together with a major global automobile manufacturer as the only private university since October 2017, and is the only public road in the area around Odaiba. Started demonstration experiment.Furthermore, in December of the same year, in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture, the first demonstration experiment of autonomous driving on public roads was conducted in Saitama Prefecture.

 At the event, while national universities that are developing self-driving demonstration experiments are participating in one place, Saitama Institute of Technology is entitled "Private university's only public road demonstration experiment vehicle for autonomous driving", and it is a dedicated circuit course in the venue. Conducted a test drive demonstration of autonomous driving. More than 100 visitors took a test drive and experienced autonomous driving.An exhibition booth was also set up to introduce the results of numerous demonstration experiments that have been undertaken so far and the characteristics of self-driving cars at Saitama Institute of Technology.In the future, Saitama Institute of Technology plans to establish a new AI major in the Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering, in the spring of 2019, by utilizing the research efforts of automatic driving so far for human resource development in the AI ​​era.

* Field Auto Co., Ltd. was established on June 2018, 6, and is an autonomous driving venture from Saitama Institute of Technology that promotes the first demonstration experiment of autonomous driving technology at a private university in Japan through industry-academia collaboration.In order to realize a society that is friendly to vulnerable people such as the elderly and free from traffic accidents, we will promote the company's business by utilizing the technology and know-how related to the practical application of automatic driving that has been researched and developed at Saitama Institute of Technology, and research and know-how will be off-campus. I will move.

* "SIP" is a national project carried out by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of the Cabinet Office, which goes beyond the boundaries of ministries and traditional fields to create science and technology innovation.

Reference: [Saitama Institute of Technology] Saitama Institute of Technology participates in "Yokosuka x Smart Mobility Challenge 2019" -The only private university to exhibit a demonstration test vehicle for automatic driving and hold a test drive experience- (PDF)

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