[MOBILITY] Kyushu University Launches a Demonstration Experiment with AI for Bus Passengers

On 2 July 2021, Kyushu University's Center of Sustainable Coevolutionary Research for Sustainable Communities (C2RSC) announced the start of a demonstration experiment for the Construction and Demonstration of a Monitoring Service in Urban Spaces (Fukuoka City Demonstration Experiments Full Support Project).

C2RSC aims to create safe, secure, vibrant, and sustainable communities (SDG 11) by stimulating the local economy in cities and surrounding suburbs, creating jobs, and providing transport for people with limited mobility. Also, it intends to maximize the use of clean energy and minimize the impact on the global environment (SDGs 7 & 13).

The demonstration experiment has been adopted as one of the Fukuoka City Demonstration Experiment Full Support Projects. Therefore, from 25 June 2021 to 31 March 2022, the ICT group of C2RSC will conduct a demonstration experiment at the bus terminal facing JR Kyushu University Gakken-toshi Station, which is for the Construction and Demonstration of a Monitoring Service in Urban Space.

In this experiment, the ICT group will use Artificial Intelligence image analysis technology to detect mobility difficulties on the cameras, such as a wheelchair, white cane, and pushchair users. The system automatically notifies the transport operator (Showa Bus) to support people with mobility difficulties to board the bus efficiently. Furthermore, the project will develop a monitoring service at transport terminals and verify the system's effectiveness.

For more information, please visit the following websites (in Japanese only) https://coi.kyushu-u.ac.jp/topics/view/308

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