Macnica (hereinafter referred to as Macnica) is a total service / solution provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT (Head office location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, capital: 11,194 million yen) Mopi Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Mopi, head office location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Board Director: Yasufumi Takada) and Outsourcing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as OST, head office location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Masaki Motegi, capital: 4) 84 million yen), we will conduct a social experiment (hereinafter referred to as this demonstration experiment) of the operation of a ``remotely self-driving sightseeing robot taxi'' at the Heijo Palace Ruins Historical Park Smart Challenge.

The "Heijo Palace Ruins Historical Park Smart Challenge" has been implemented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism since 2019, and as part of its smart city initiatives, it aims to analyze the status of social experiments by businesses, the future prospects of new technologies, AI, IoT, etc. This is an initiative that aims to further improve the park's appeal by utilizing new technology to fundamentally solve the issues faced by parks and create services for park users. Based on the results of these social experiments, Macnica aims to commercialize it as a park service, and will work on the social implementation of micro robot taxis in urban development in Nara and other parts of Japan.

In this demonstration experiment, Macnica will be responsible for operation planning and operational service verification, Mopi will provide autonomous driving vehicles, autonomous driving systems, remote monitoring, vehicle reservations, and AI voice tourist guide system, and OST will link the system with social experiment vehicles. We will be responsible for engineering support and demonstration experiment operations to achieve this goal. In addition, through this demonstration experiment, Macnica will examine the operational and technical issues associated with autonomous driving using remote monitoring systems, and will proceed with consideration of service models that are more conscious of actual operations in order to put autonomous driving into practical use. I will continue to do so.

In addition, in order to realize safe autonomous driving vehicle operation, we will receive support from Sompo Japan Insurance Co., Ltd. for risk assessment related to the driving route, as we did last time, and carry out safe operation.

[Outline of this demonstration experiment]
■ day   about: 2021 Year 11 Every Saturday and Sunday of the month (6 Day, 7 Day, 13 Day, 14 Day, 20 Day, twenty one Day, 27 Day, 28 Day)
■ Time: Ten time 15 Time
*May be canceled in case of rain.
■ Driving route: National Heijo Palace Historic Park Restoration Project Information Center Area Approximately 2 km (The time required is about 30 minutes including boarding and alighting time)
■ autonomous driving vehicles: micro robot taxi (8 passenger) *
■ Implementation overview:
From the boarding point in front of the Restoration Project Information Center in the Heijo Palace Historic Park, the bus will autonomous driving around the First Daigokuden and the South Gate (under restoration work) before returning to the boarding point.
You can experience “calling and test autonomous driving vehicle” on a first-come, first-served basis (free of charge). We will conduct a questionnaire after boarding, so please cooperate.
■ Implementation details and verification:
・Vehicle call by smartphone
・Experience riding in an autonomous vehicle, including pick-up
・ AI Audio tour guide experience

*We will take sufficient measures against the COVID-19 such as measuring the temperature of the driver and the test car, and disinfecting the car with alcohol before boarding.
*Please cooperate with wearing a mask when visiting.

* Micro robot taxi (8-passenger low speed)
The "Micro Robot Taxi" used in this demonstration experiment will be used as an autonomous driving system of MOPI on the base vehicle of EV green slow mobility. Micro Robot Taxi is a mobility service based on a completely new concept as a daily transportation for local residents and as a means of short-distance transportation between sightseeing spots.

■ About the system provided by Mopi
With proprietary software technology that integrates sensor information such as high-precision GPS and computer vision, Mopi has developed an ultra-low-cost remote autonomous driving solution that does not use LiDAR or high-precision 3D maps. If autonomous driving vehicles are inexpensive, we would like to introduce autonomous driving mobility services with a sufficient number of vehicles even in areas with social issues such as accidents caused by elderly drivers and an increase in vulnerable people due to the decline of public transportation. becomes possible. Mopi will procure EVs that meet the needs of the region and make them autonomous driving autonomous driving and will be an operation system (Mopi Manager).

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With the Our Group's Purpose of "supporting the movement of people and enabling the survival of the region", Mopi is a micro-robot taxi service "Mopi" for public transportation blank areas using its own remote autonomous driving technology. I am working on making it. Established as PerceptIn Japan LLC on August​ ​8, 2019, and changed its name to Mopi Co., Ltd. on July​ ​15, 2021.
For details, please see the website (https://www.mopi.jp/).

Since its establishment in 2004, OUTSOURCING TECHNOLOGY has been developing engineer dispatch business and outsourcing/contracting business for a wide range of industries including IT, machinery, and electrical/electronics. Recently, in response to social issues such as a declining working population, a shortage of workers due to work style reforms, and an increase in IT demand, we have proposed DX human resource dispatch and support for the introduction of advanced technology. We have provided human resources and services. Going forward, we will aim to realize our corporate mission of becoming a company that innovates all kinds of work in this world, thereby creating a stable employment environment and improving the Company corporate value. Through the growth of the Company group, we aim to contribute to the sustainable growth of the world as a whole.
For details, please see the website (https://www.ostechnology.co.jp).

Macnica has been providing cutting-edge semiconductor, electronic device, network, and cyber security products with added technological value since its establishment in 1972. In recent years, based on its traditional strengths in sourcing and technology planning for cutting-edge technologies on a global basis, the company has been developing new businesses in areas such as AI/IoT, autonomous driving, and robotics. Going forward, under the slogan "Co. Tomorrowing," the company will connect cutting-edge technologies with the intelligence of Macnica to provide unique services and solutions, creating social value and contributing to the development of future societies. the Company Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, is a global business with 85 offices in 23 countries around the world.
For more information, please visit our website at https://www.macnica.co.jp.

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