{"id":180677,"date":"2026-10-30T13:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180677&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-30T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:15:54","slug":"kitakyushu-to-test-an-autonomous-inspection-robot-on-public-streets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kitakyushu-to-test-an-autonomous-inspection-robot-on-public-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitakyushu to test an autonomous inspection robot on public streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu announced a public-road trial of an autonomous AI robot on Oct. 29. A startup based in Moji Ward developed the robot. Testing will take place along approximately four kilometers of sidewalks in Higashida, Yahatahigashi Ward, through late December. The trial will assess reliable autonomous movement and safe operation around pedestrians. The project aims to develop robots that can inspect and repair bridges. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/3047701?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC291IR0Z21C26A0000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-physical-ai-city_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C965&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"965\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-physical-ai-city_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-physical-ai-city_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-physical-ai-city_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C706&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-city-physical-ai-city_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp\/contents\/101_00002.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kitakyushu City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu announced a public-road trial of an autonomous AI robot on Oct. 29. A startup based in Moji Ward developed the robot. Testing will take place along approximately four kilometers of sidewalks in Higashida&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180677","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-city-design","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}