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Launching the “RumiCar on the Road” Project

Nice to meet you — I’m Sugiemon!

In Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, alongside my day job,

I’m a lifehacker who is completely absorbed in developing “RumiCar.”

I work with the desire to “make everyday life more fun by hacking it with technology!”

The steps of awareness, understanding, and trust

Up to now, I’ve repeated countless failures.

What I realized through them is that no matter how excellent a technology is,

  1. Awareness (getting people to know about it)
  2. Understanding (getting people to understand it)
  3. Trust (getting people to rely on it)

if you skip that order, it won’t reach anyone.

That’s exactly why, through this activity, I’ll start by getting

as many people as possible to become “aware” of “RumiCar.”

“What is RumiCar?” — here’s the answer

As I travel around the region, I’m hoping people will ask me,

“What is RumiCar?”  If they do, here’s how I’ll answer:

“RumiCar is a platform that lets you get started

with self-driving easily.”

Anyone can easily learn how autonomous driving works and try it out at low cost.

Spreading that gateway to the future is the purpose of this activity.

The travel log accelerates trust

Taking our mascot RumiCar along, I’ll visit Mito, Hitachi,

and places all across Ibaraki Prefecture.

Rather than just taking pictures of the scenery, I want to convey the people I meet

and the atmosphere of each place, together with RumiCar.

Getting people all over the country to know this “travel log”

will be a great force for deepening understanding of RumiCar

and earning trust. Just like the

Event Participation List on this site, I’ll give shape to the

excitement I find along the way, and start by getting

this activity widely known!

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Hand Signs

A Report from the RumiCar Niigata Branch

The self-driving project “RumiCar” is currently at Level 2, but we have now entered a new phase of trial and error, aiming to achieve “Level 5” — full autonomous driving.

As a major first step, we adopted “MediaPipe,” Google’s open-source framework, in order to master advanced image-processing techniques. We implemented a “hand-sign remote control” that analyzes hand movements from camera footage in real time to operate the machine.

This page explains how this system works.

System Overview

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Event Participation List

Register your event here

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RumiCar Vehicles

Car No.1 and No.2
Car No.3
Car No.4
Car No.5
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Photos

 

 

Development Photos

Photos taken during development.

 

 

Maker Faire Tokyo 2017 Exhibition

We exhibited RumiCar at Maker Faire Tokyo 2017, held in August 2017.
Here are the photos.

 

 

Maker Faire Bay Area 2018 Exhibition

We exhibited at Maker Faire Bay Area 2018.
Here are the photos.

 

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Call for Volunteers

We’re looking for people who want to do RumiCar together with us. We welcome individuals and companies who can cooperate with us.
Tell us what you’d like to do, or what you can do, with RumiCar!

What we’re looking for

Engineers

  • Software
    • Self-driving algorithm development
    • RumiCar reference development
    • IDE development
    • Image recognition
    • Autoware integration
  • Hardware
    • RumiCar body development
    • Mass production of the body
    • Computer Module (CM) development
      • Arduino version
      • ESP32 version
      • Raspberry Pi version
      • Spresense version
      • Other voice-recognition modules, etc.
    • Printed circuit board (PCB) design for the CM
  • Website editing and management → WordPress
  • Technical advisor → someone to consult when developers hit difficulties

Public Relations

  • YouTube video editing
  • Event announcements and promotion
  • Promoting RumiCar
  • Finding collaboration partners (e.g., seeking groups/companies similar to RumiCar)
  • Finding mass-production partners (e.g., seeking factories)

Fundraising

  • Managing development costs
  • Finding crowdfunding (e.g., Makuake)
  • Finding sponsors
  • Finding contests (e.g., the Japan Media Arts Festival)

Events

  • Event lead (expanding events to other regions and overseas)
  • Photographer
  • Videographer
  • Interviewing participants during events
  • Finding event venues
    (e.g., venues with Wi-Fi, or venues with good transport access in central Tokyo)
We’re planning development, as well as classes, training, and conferences in each country.

We’re looking for people and companies who can cooperate at bases in each country.
Please send us a list of the areas where you can contribute and your motivation.

Email us to apply

info@RumiCar.com

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Contact

Contact

Email us

info@RumiCar.com

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Car No.1 and No.2

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Development Photos of Car No.3 to No.5

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Car No.5 to No.8

How this site is built (v1.4.0)

Some components are open source:

Enjoyed the machinery? The main event is our autonomous-driving simulator — it runs in your browser.
Try the simulator → / GitHub →