After knocking down the Paralympic athletes, TOYOTA's autopilot car resumed operation.

Original title: after knocking down the Paralympic athletes, TOYOTA's autopilot car resumed operation.
On Monday, Toyota said it would resume the operation of its self driving bus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, but would be equipped with more operators to ensure that it would not hit people again.
Last week, at the Olympic Village in Tokyo, a self driving bus to pick up athletes knocked down a visually impaired Japanese judo athlete at the intersection. Although the speed of the bus was only 1-2 km / h at the time of the collision, the athlete was slightly injured and was forced to withdraw from the judo competition.
Subsequently, Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota Motor, the manufacturer of the self driving bus, released an apology video“ Vehicles are stronger than people. " He said in response to questions about the incident.
"This shows that it is not realistic for autopilot to run on ordinary roads." He also said.
The accident vehicle is a fully automatic electric vehicle of Toyota, which has been specially modified for use during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is equipped with a gate and an electric ramp, which can let a large number of athletes get on the bus quickly.
It is understood that there was an operator on the autonomous bus at the time of the accident. On Monday, Toyota said in a statement that "the vehicle's sensors detected the crosswalk and activated the automatic brake, and the operator also activated the emergency brake. However, before the vehicle could stop completely, it came into contact with pedestrians. "
Why did you start the brake or hit someone? Toyota said it was cooperating with local police to investigate the cause of last week's accident.
This time, while announcing the resumption of the operation of autonomous buses in the Olympic Village, Toyota also made it clear that it would take more safety measures. A company spokesman said that the speed of the vehicle will be controlled, the warning sound on the vehicle will be turned on, and each vehicle will be equipped with two safety personnel to pay attention to pedestrians on the vehicle and operate the vehicle in case of emergency.
Compiled / synthesized by: Nandu reporter Li Yaning