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SB Drive Corp. announced that airline ANA would cooperate with Haneda Airport to conduct demonstration experiments on large autonomous buses from 22 to 31 January 2020 including remote monitoring.

This demonstration is intended to begin test operation of autonomous buses as a means of travel within the terminals of Haneda airport by passengers and airport staff in 2020. The autonomous buses are based on the advanced mobility of a large EV bus, “K9RA” of China’s BYD Company.

With the aim of preventing accidents such as falls inside vehicles, the company works with autonomous vehicle operation platform Dispatcher, to remotely monitor buses by utilizing Dispatcher function that detects passengers’ movements inside vehicles while they are traveling by AI (artificial intelligence) to attract attention to remote monitors and passengers.

In addition, there is a smartphone app for use by bus conductors which is linked to the Dispatcher platform to help smooth remote communication of bus departure instructions.

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/01/23/sb-drive-2/