A need to realize so-called "swarm control" - a technique to complete tasks with multiple vehicles operated in a coordinated manner - has arisen for autonomous vehicle products that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is developing. When taking the task of navigating multiple vehicles as an example of swarm control, the operational efficiency can be improved if there's a method that can navigate any number of vehicles since such method can handle many vehicles at once. Therefore, MHI has developed a technology to navigate multiple autonomous vehicles based on broadcast control, which is one of the swarm control methods that can control any number of vehicles. We plan to conduct actual vehicles verification using this technology and to proceed with the development, aiming at its application to products.
