Development and demonstration of prototypesto realize social systemization of automated vehicles

In order to realize the social systemization of automated vehicles for secondary and tertiary feeder transportation, we will organize system requirements, including the formulation of standard specifications for automated vehicles, and demonstrate the concept through the development of prototype vehicles. Through the demonstration experiments using the prototype vehicles, we will propose standard procedures on how to set ODD (Operational Design Domain) requirements and compile them into a procedure manual.

Specifically, the ODD requirements will be systematically extracted from the real mobile services to establish  a methodology to rationally determine the performance and safety requirements of the automated driving system. In the demonstration experiment, the division of roles between the in-vehicle operator and the remote monitoring system, road infrastructure, coordination with neighboring communities, and the use of infrastructure sensors will be examined, evaluated, and improved.

Ultimately, we aim to propose a standard type of automated vehicle for use cases in conjunction with institutional theory results obtained from the JSCE “Smart Local Mobility Public Goods Platform Research Subcommittee” and incorporate it into the institutional design for implementation of automated mobility services.