A demonstration experiment of a fully autonomous vehicle without a driver was conducted in Osaka.
Osaka Metro wants to introduce self-driving vehicles for the movement of people at the venue of the Osaka Kansai Expo, which will be held three years later, and in anticipation of the Expo, the movement toward the practical application of next-generation transportation systems is accelerating. I am.
The demonstration experiment was conducted by Osaka Metro and others, and 19 vehicles such as a small bus for automatic operation were prepared at the experiment venue set up in Maishima, an artificial island in Osaka City.
In addition to running an automatically driven bus and a small vehicle for delivery at a speed of about 20 km / h in the experimental venue where traffic lights and pedestrian crossings were installed as if it were an actual road, company officials confirmed the ride quality. , I was checking if I could drive smoothly along the curve of the road and if I could drive without overlooking the traffic light.
The vehicle used in this experiment is at a stage where high technology called "Level 4" is required to drive completely automatically after limiting the location, and there is no driver's seat or steering wheel.
On the 6th, company officials confirmed the positions of multiple vehicles traveling in the venue and the inside of the vehicle from the monitoring room, and also confirmed the emergency response procedure assuming that an error signal was issued from the vehicle. It was done.
Osaka Metro wants to introduce self-driving vehicles for the movement of people at the venue of the Osaka Kansai Expo, which will be held three years later, and the movement toward the practical application of the next-generation transportation system with an eye on the Expo is accelerating. I am.
Hideaki Kawai, President of Osaka Metro, said, "We will continue to verify safety first for the Expo, which will lead to the development of next-generation urban transportation systems."