ITS demonstration by the university of Tokyo team at DEMO 2000

摘要

This paper introduces the activity of University of Tokyo team at DEMO 2000 which was held at Tsukuba, Japan in November and December 2000 Two demonstrations by ITS {Intelligent Transport Systems) vehicles of the team are shown. The one is an application of ITS, especially autonomous-vehicle technology, to welfare vehicles. The purpose of the demonstration is reducing the driving burden of people with handicaps. The other demonstration is advanced platooning control. Basic maneuvers for platoons, i.e. following, diverging, merging, separation and combination, are realized in a short range proving ground. Technical data of the demonstration vehicles are also described.