The Japanese company Robot Taxi has begun testing a driverless taxi service for residents in Fujisawa (south of Tokyo) in order that these vehicles automatic driving operating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
During a period of ten days a dozen Japanese citizens of that locality can apply through their smartphones one of the Robot Taxi car to go to the supermarket and then be returned to their homes, local media reported.
A company worker remains in the driver's seat during the trip for lane changes and stops at traffic lights, while an automatic driving system runs other operations, detailed the daily Nikkei.
The Japanese company intends its service automatic driving taxis fully operate during the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 to transport athletes and tourists from the Japanese capital to the Olympic venues and vice versa.
The Japanese government announced last October that the driverless vehicles can drive through Tokyo in 2020 and also aims to have in place a legal framework for this type of cars before the end of the next fiscal year, which ends in March 2017.
Thus, China would match with the United States, where legislation was introduced for the first time in the world to allow testing driverless vehicles, while Germany and Sweden have been the pioneers in Europe.
Among the companies that have decided to invest in the sector of autonomous cars highlights some Japanese manufacturers such as Toyota Motor, Honda Motor and Nissan working today to lead the market for autonomous cars.
Meanwhile, the US Google began in July to try their own system of automatic driving vehicles in Texas (United States), while passenger transport company Uber experimenting with driverless cars in Pittsburgh.
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