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segmentation method helped avoid shielding effect, Autonomous vehicles like WinBus really
which helps verify objects more accurately. shine when applied together with smaller-ranged
functions like smart intersections, where the self-
The development trajectory of WinBus and driving car would send and detect nearby sensors
related technologies resemble how the self-driving and acquire data to determine right-of-way; or in the
vehicle hub, MCity in Michigan, the U.S. came to case of large-scale applications like smart cities.
be. Due to the inherent circumstances in developing Vehicles would detect and send data constantly
self-driving vehicles, Tu said that these vehicles in such an environment in order to maintain safe
cannot undergo tests and AI training on real roads. traffic conditions by communicating with not only
Rather, closed-road testing sites would be the only the traffic infrastructure, but also all the other cars
way to verify the AI system safely. on the road.

Local governments in Taiwan have deployed WinBus to shuttle tourists along
popular tourist destinations. (Photo provided by ARTC)