The Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu and the Waseda University Graduate School of Information Production and Systems have agreed to open a joint research center on self-driving cars in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu City. Although Japan\u2019s automakers are competing fiercely to develop their own self-driving cars, this team of 27 researchers from the three institutions say their aim is different\u2014to create an all-weather self-driving car that can maneuver even in rainy and foggy conditions or at night. They plan to complete a prototype by 2017 and are thinking of cooperating with automakers in the future. Self-driving vehicles use artificial intelligence systems and GPS to assess their surroundings and reach their destination without a human driver. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu and the Waseda University Graduate School of Information Production and Systems have agreed to open a joint research center on self-driving cars in Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu City. Although Japan\u2019s automakers are competing fiercely to develop their own self-driving cars, this team of 27 researchers from the three institutions say their aim is different\u2014to create an all-weather self-driving car that can maneuver even in rainy and foggy conditions or at night. They plan to complete a prototype by 2017 and are thinking of cooperating with automakers in the future. Self-driving vehicles use artificial intelligence systems and GPS to assess their surroundings and reach their destination without a human driver. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81148","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81148","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\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}