Abstract
Automated driving equivalent to level four in urban areas requires both advanced and autonomous recognition and decision making functions using on-board artificial intelligence (AI), as well as supporting infrastructure such as roadside and communication equipment. However, since installing such infrastructure throughout Japan would require a massive budget, the feasibility of using the bare minimum of infrastructure and recognition/decision-making technologies must be examined. Therefore, to stimulate discussions into future cooperative areas, this project is researching and investigating the infrastructure and recognition and decision making technologies that are absolutely necessary for automated driving systems through experiments on public roads by academic researchers who have been allowed a certain degree of disclosure of acquired data and the technologies.
