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Industry Highights

Hsu also discussed ARTC’s presence at the These examples showcased the difficulties
Meet Greater SouthX5G AIoT Expo in Kaohsiung, of implementing self-driving vehicles at a greater
which represented a blueprint of what’s to come scale, as unlike EVs, which require necessary
for the development and applications of self-driving charging infrastructure, self-driving cars need to
vehicles in the future. For instance, ARTC has rely on machine learning and recognition of their
executed WinBus projects in sandbox testing areas immediate surroundings as well, making current
that allow for a controlled environment to carry technologies much harder for a self-driving vehicle
out safety testing and verification of autonomous designed in one place or country, to quickly adapt to
systems. Sandbox testing was conducted in places a new environment.
such as the Changbin Tourism Factory area in
Changhua, where ARTC had the WinBus ferry Hsu said that Taiwan’s complicated traffic
tourists in the area from tourist attraction to another. conditions are ironically the perfect environment
to train autonomous vehicles. In the future,
The same logic was applied to ARTC’s Taiwan’s ICT software and hardware industry
showcase of WinBus at the Meet Greater Southx5G advantages could see an addition, as these data
AIoT Expo. Hsu said the diverse environments sets are invaluable and could potentially become
and backdrop on the fixed shuttling route near Taiwan’s autonomous industry advantage when the
the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center invited many technology and production have become mature
complexities and challenges for WinBus. For enough to export.
example, as Kaohsiung is a harbor city, many parts
of WinBus’s route at the show had the backdrop of
the ocean and ships, complicating the autonomous
system recognition capabilities. Buildings near the
harbor also tended to look the same, Hsu said.

Taiwan’s Economic Minister Wang Mei-hua (center), Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chi-mai (fourth from right), and other
industry and government representatives are photographed with two of ARTC’s WinBus at the 2021 Meet Greater
SouthX5G AIoT Expo. (Photo provided by ARTC)