Saitama Institute of Technology will participate in the first automatic driving demonstration experiment on public roads in Nagano Prefecture from November 2020, 11 in collaboration with the "Shiojiri-type Next Generation Mobility Service Demonstration Project".We will provide the autonomous driving AI bus under development as a demonstration experiment vehicle and drive in the city area of Shiojiri city using a high-precision 24D map.We will cooperate in solving problems in Shiojiri City, acquiring data that contributes to the improvement of autonomous driving technology, and improving social acceptance of autonomous driving vehicles.
Shiojiri City is a compact garden city consisting of an urban area formed around two stations and rural areas scattered around it.Local public transportation centered on community buses is operated, but there are problems such as a shortage of drivers and bus routes and schedules that do not meet travel needs.
Therefore, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, Shiojiri City Promotion Corporation, Alpico Holdings Co., Ltd., Aisan Technology Co., Ltd., Tier IV, Inc., Sompo Japan Insurance Co., Ltd., and KDDI Co., Ltd. have decided to put the automatic driving technology to practical use mainly in Shiojiri City. Concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement for.We have been preparing for the "Shiojiri-type next-generation mobility service demonstration project", an autonomous driving demonstration experiment in the city.This time, Saitama Institute of Technology will provide an autonomous driving AI bus (based on Hino "Liesse II") as a demonstration experiment vehicle in collaboration with this project, and will be in charge of autonomous driving vehicle operation.
Saitama Institute of Technology's autonomous driving AI bus is equipped with a retrofit type autonomous driving system based on LiDAR, GPS / GNSS, and camera image analysis.This time, aiming at "automatic driving level 4 (fully automatic driving under specific conditions: the system carries out all driving tasks under specific conditions)" indicated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, to provide more practical and convenient public transportation. We will conduct a demonstration experiment for this.
In the demonstration experiment, a demonstration experiment vehicle equipped with functions such as self-position estimation and obstacle recognition based on the automatic driving software "Autoware ™" and a high-precision 3D map created in advance is about 4.9 km from the east exit of Shiojiri Station in the city. Will run. The train departs from the east exit of Shiojiri Station from 10:15 to 12:24 (excluding 13:00, from XNUMX:XNUMX on the XNUMXth only), and test rides are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
