Institute of Transportation, MOTC

• Date：2023-09-20
• Update：2023-09-20
• Department：IOT

Plan Overview
       The MOTC has tasked the Institute of Transportation with convening and establishing the "MOTC Technology Industry Bulletin-UAV Technology Industry Group" in order to effectively import UAE for innovative applications in Taiwan's transportation field and promote the development of relevant industries. The Institute of Transportation proposed Taiwan's UAV technology development strategies and roadmap 2.0 version in the "2021 MOTC Industry Policy White Paper" and the "2025 Taiwan UAV transportation field Development milestone." The Institute of Transportation and the China Aviation Development Foundation collaborated to promote related plans from 2020 to 2021 in accordance with the aforementioned development strategies and roadmaps.
MOTC intelligent transportation development construction plan funds were used to promote various plans as a continuation of the pre-planning plan results from 2021 to 2022.
 Research Results

1. The "MOTC Strategic Planning  Implementation of the UAV Technology Industry Development" Plan's primary goal is to promote the UAS-Taiwan organization and assist in developmental operations during its early stages. The alliance was formed in March 2022, and a memorandum of cooperation was signed in June 2022 with Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA). Furthermore, corresponding promotion strategies and roadmaps were proposed for 2025 to serve as a reference for domestic government units, academic and research units, and industries based on the two milestones of bridge inspection in Taiwan's UAE throughout the development of the transportation field and logistics delivery.
2. UAV Creative Application Contest in the Field of Transportation (II): the contest is divided into three categories: creative, application, and R&D. Students were encouraged to propose UAV innovative designs for the creative category; for the application category, the government agency proposed and imported successful cases of UAV applied in public affairs; and for the R&D category, solutions for application pain points were found. This contest attracted nearly 100 teams. There were ten teams chosen for the creativity category, nine for the application category, and ten for the R&D category, for a total of 29 outstanding award-winning entries.
3. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Integrated Pilot Program ( I I ) - Expanding Logistics Application Collaboration with the Civil Aeronautics Administration, MOTC, and Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. is required to jointly determine and verify the theme of maintaining
   postal delivery using UAVs during road (bridge) interruptions. Furthermore, "from Taoyuan Post Office (former site of Taipei Municipal Jieshou Junior High School) to Hualing Village (reaching the parking space of the Lalashan scenic area)" was chosen as the verification field, with a flight distance (roundtrip) of approximately 44 kilometers. During this phase, 21 manufacturers were invited to sign up, with four (over 25kg) completing verification: AVIX Technology Inc., GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology Inc., GAUI Innovative Technology, and A3FUN II CO. LTD.
4.  Application of UAV with AI image recognition for bridge inspection (1/2)-Technology development of AI technology for bridge component defects recognition involves cleaning bridge component defect image data in the "vehicle bridge management
   information system" database. Simultaneously,  the AI image recognition model was proposed, while the bridge detection UAV prototype was
   designed and solutions for the absence of UAV GPS signals under bridges were formulated. In turn, standard operating procedures for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition models were established to aid manual bridge
   detection work, thereby gradually promoting automated bridge detection work. In 2023, the AI image recognition model was combined with UAV bridge flight technology without GPS in order to verify bridge inspection technology and comprehend actual test results.

Result Promotion and Benefits

•  UAS-Taiwan Inaugural Conference and International Forum on Technology Industry Development was held on March 23, 2022.
• President Tsai Ing-Wen visited the Asia UAV AI Innovation Application R&D Center on August 13, 2022 to officially inaugurate the MOTC UAVTechnology Industry Division Office
• The "Flying Over the Mountains-MOTC UAV Promotion Result Presentation' was held on December 12, 2022.

Summary of Research Results

UAS-Taiwan Inaugural Conference and International Forum on Technology Industry Development on March 23, 2022

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Integrated Pilot Program (Ⅱ)-Deepening Application of Logistics Transport Field Verification Activities

Results of identification of concrete bridge component defects

Research Result Report

• Planning and Implementation of the Development Strategy of the Unmanned Aircraft System Technology Industry by MOTC  (Published in April 2023)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Integrated Pilot Program (Ⅱ)-Deepening Application of Logistics Transport (Published in April 2023)
• Application of UAV with AI image recognition for bridge inspection (1/2)- Technology development of AI technology for bridge component defects recognition  (Published in May 2023)