Macnica (hereinafter referred to as Macnica, head office location: 1-6-3 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, President: Kiyoshi Nakashima, capital: 11,194 million yen) is a company that imports, sells, and develops semiconductors and network equipment. , Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Ltd. (Head Office: 1-26-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President Keiji Nishizawa) has announced the establishment of a research center for autonomous driving vehicle accident response services. We are pleased to announce that we have participated in a demonstration experiment using autonomous driving cars to coincide with the opening of the Connected Support Center.

In this demonstration experiment conducted by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa, Macnica will be used in the autonomous driving demonstration vehicle of Autonomoustuff (Head office: Morton, Illinois, USA; CEO: Bobby Hambrick). 1-1-3 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture President: Kazuya Takeda) provided an autonomous driving demonstration vehicle equipped with an AI pilot and conducted a demonstration run.

In addition, several companies cooperated in the demonstration experiment.
Tier IV Co., Ltd. has developed a new remote monitoring system that links with its own open source autonomous driving autonomous driving software "Autoware" and provides it as an operator system. Map creation and driving support for autonomous driving cars, and KDDI Corporation support building communication networks that support autonomous driving-driving cars.

The "Connected Support Center" opened by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. at Prime Assistance Co., Ltd. (Head office: Harmony Tower 21F, 1-32-2 Honcho, Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President: Hiroyuki Tokuoka) is working with participating companies to provide support for driverless autonomous driving vehicles (Level 4) ^*1 (equivalent) remote monitoring and steering intervention in anticipation of accidents and troubles. ^*2 The purpose of this facility is to conduct research on comprehensive support such as vehicle and operator response, and Macnica will continue to provide autonomous driving demonstration vehicles and technical support necessary for automated driving for the research and demonstration experiments conducted at this facility. We will cooperate with you.

^*1 Level 4: Refers to the automobile driving level definition "advanced driving automation" presented by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) of the United States.
^*2 Steering intervention: Controlling an autonomous driving by a remote driver for the purpose of avoiding danger.

As the environment surrounding autonomous driving cars accelerates in the coming autonomous driving society, Macnica will continue to help customers solve problems related to autonomous driving and contribute to business expansion.

In addition, utilizing the know-how we have cultivated over many years as a technology trading company, we are looking forward to the implementation of new autonomous driving technology, and are working on demonstration experiments of new service models centered on autonomous driving technology that the government, public institutions, local governments, etc. are working on. We will propose a one-stop solution for autonomous driving, including provision of test vehicles, embedded development support for various hardware and software, data acquisition, analysis services, etc.

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