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NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) and FaroStar Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) will avoid automatic collision of drones in the forest located on the east side of Sedette Kashima in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, with the cooperation of Minamisoma City. We conducted a demonstration experiment of the system. This demonstration experiment aims to ensure the safe flight of these aircraft with a view to utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles and drones in the future.
In addition, this demonstration experiment will be a demonstration experiment with a company adopted in the accelerator program "DraPla Innovation Lab", which was recruited from September 3rd year of Reiwa.

Demonstration experiment outline

1. Experiment day
   May 18th and 19th
2. Experiment site
   Sedette Kashima East Forest (near Minamisoma Kashima SA)
3. Purpose of implementation
   With a view to utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles and drones in the future, we aim to ensure the safe flight of these aircraft.
4. Implementation details / results
   ACSL's (domestic) actual drone is equipped with AURORA, an automatic collision prevention control technology developed by FaroStar ^{(* 1)}. This is a verification of whether another drone can be brought closer to the actual drone in automatic flight and the collision can be avoided automatically. Collision avoidance was confirmed in all four crash tests (altitude 30m-50m, extension 700m flight path).

(* 1) Collision prevention automatic control technology
The collision prevention automatic control technology acquires flight information of aircraft and drones, and when it detects the possibility of collisions between flying objects based on the data, it can be avoided by a drone simulating a "flying car" WP (way). It is a technology that automatically avoids by specifying (point) and guides to the next WP when it is judged that the collision can be avoided.

About the aircraft used

The ACSL domestic industrial drone used in this verification test has already been adopted in various fields such as logistics, infrastructure inspection, and disasters. We have many achievements in (Level 3). By installing FaroStar's collision prevention automatic control technology AURORA on the domestic drone ACSL-PF2, it will be possible to improve the safety of drone flight.

What is DraPla Innovation Lab?

While further promoting our open innovation and verifying technology and business models through laboratories with companies that have new technologies and service ideas, we will realize next-generation Expressway services, revitalize local communities, and social issues. The purpose is to create a business that solves the problem.
We have supported the "safety, security, comfort, and convenience" of our customers by connecting regions. In addition to these, we will further provide "new value" to the movement of people, things, and things, aiming for sustainable management.
We will continue to strengthen our efforts to create new value.

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