Automatic driving system for managing priority and controlling transport of a plurality of vehicles from production to shipment

Abstract

An automatic driving system allows a vehicle with a higher shipment priority to be transported preferentially, by controlling transport of each of several vehicles in any of steps from production to shipment includes: a priority acquisition unit configured to acquire a shipment priority set for each vehicle; and a control instruction unit configured to determine control content for at least some of the vehicles using the priority acquired by the priority acquisition unit such that a vehicle of the several vehicles that is given a first priority is transported in preference to another vehicle of the several vehicles that is given a second priority lower than the first priority, and to instruct the at least some of several vehicles on the control content. Each vehicle includes a driving control unit configured to execute driving control according to instructions from the control instruction unit.