Next year, Japanese companies began to test the taxi car commercial could walk on his own, without a driver.The trial will be conducted by 50 people elected. They will hitchhike called Robot Taxi to travel from one place to another, to the supermarket for example.
Taxi is an autonomous robot cars are made by two companies namely, DeNA an internet company and automotive technology company ZMP. This car is planned to be used commercially in 2020.Taxi robot car is equipped with microwave radar, stereo cameras, and image analysis. As quoted from Quart
During the trial period, these taxis will run within a radius of three kilometers in several major roads. The crew will be on alert to prevent any accidents.
"Many people are saying this is impossible, but I think it will happen faster than people expected," said Junichiro Koizumi, the son of the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, during the announcement of probation.Some argue that if a car without a driver discussed the issue, Japan is left behind. Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, and Tesla has developed features without driver. Google even has tested a car without a driver on the streets of the United States this year.
Meanwhile, Toyota has just invested US $ 50 million or equivalent to Rp 736.7 billion in Stanford and MIT to research a vehicle without a driver.On Thursday (1/10), Toyota announced a new security tool designed to send and receive information between vehicles and the road infrastructure. This tool can detect if the driver does not respond to the traffic lights and reduce the speed.
