Toyota Urban Teammate to Feature at 2016 Ise-Shima G7 Summit
May 26 2016 - 5:03AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Toyota offered test drives of an experimental vehicle featuring
a newly developed automated driving system, Urban Teammate, during
the 42nd G7 Summit in Ise-Shima, to be held on May 26 and 27.
In keeping with the philosophy behind Toyota's Mobility Teammate
Concept-a unique approach to automated driving that stresses the
importance of a partner-like relationship between people and
cars-the Urban Teammate system was created to test the application
of automated driving technologies on ordinary roads.
Urban Teammate is Toyota's successor to Highway Teammate, which was
unveiled in October last year. Highway Teammate was developed
exclusively to enable vehicles to handle every aspect of highway
driving without assistance, including negotiating on-ramps and exit
ramps.
Toyota developed Urban Teammate with the goal of enabling
unassisted automated driving on ordinary roads. In addition to
detecting passengers, bicycles and obstacles in and around the
vehicle in which the system is installed, Urban Teammate is being
developed to operate independently in accordance with local traffic
regulations while making use of map data and visual data from
intersections and traffic lights. The system features GPS and
cameras, as well as a SPAD Lidar module, which uses high-resolution
laser radar technology for environment mapping and recognition.
In order to allow for operation in more complex traffic
environments, Toyota plans to improve Urban Teammate using AI
technologies and an automated map generation system announced in
December 2015. The map generation system utilizes COSMIC, an
automated spatial information generation technology to create the
high-precision maps necessary for automated driving.
Based on the Mobility Teammate Concept, Toyota will enhance its
development of these automated driving technologies with the aim of
achieving a society where mobility means safety, efficiency and
freedom.
About Toyota
Supported by people around the world, Toyota Motor Corporation
(TSE:7203; NYSE:TM), has endeavored since its establishment in 1937
to serve society by creating better products. As of the end of
December 2013, Toyota conducts its business worldwide with 52
overseas manufacturing companies in 27 countries and regions.
Toyota's vehicles are sold in more than 170 countries and regions.
For more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.
Source: Toyota
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