In Tianjin, China, a group of people are waiting at the bus stop. Soon, a bus comes. It isn't the same bus that we usually see on the street. It looks like a panda with black ears and black eyes.
After getting on the bus, people only need to buy their tickets by scanning (扫描) their hands! About one minute later, the bus starts its self-driving mode (模式). It stops for traffic lights automatically before it gets to the next stop. That is to say, it can drive and stop by itself. But there is still a driver on the bus. He will do something if the bus is in danger(处于危险中).
There are also some robots on the bus. People can talk to them and ask them for help. If there is a bad person on the bus, the robots will call the police. And kids love the bus because there are many pictures of pandas on it.
DeepBlue makes this kind of bus. It is working in ten cities all over China. Maybe more cities in China will have this kind of bus. I think it must be really interesting to take the bus in the future.
① Call the police.
② Talk to people.
③ Play with kids.
④ Drive the bus.