Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/09
By: Tien Yu-pin and Kuan-lin Liu
Taipei, Dec. 9 (CNA) Taiwan’s Automotive Research Testing Center (ARTC) is preparing
Photo courtesy of ARTC
to put driverless cars on the road, saying that it now has all the necessary technology to do so.
Since the ARTC first invested in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) back in 2007, it has been working toward the goal of developing driverless vehicles, it said.
In a recent interview with reporters, ARTC General Manager Huang Lung-chou (黃隆洲) said that not only has the center acquired the technological expertise to develop a driverless car, but it has also conquered the challenges associated with navigating such vehicles in real traffic.
He said the ARTC has mapped out certain controlled areas in which its driverless vehicles will operate, in order to gather more data on the vehicles’ navigation, before taking them into traffic. [FULL STORY]