Lei Fengwang August 30 news, according to informed sources, the forthcoming 2016 Baidu World Congress, Baidu will announce the establishment of L3 Division.
It is understood that the division may be engaged in the development of smart-driving cars that are between manned and unmanned. The target may be the Level 3 autonomous driving as defined by the SAE (American Society of Automotive Engineers).
The American Society of Automotive Engineers ( SAE) and the United States Highway Safety Agency ( NHTSA) have classified autopilot technology. From the following table, it can be seen that Level 3 is a conditional automation and human drivers are required to respond appropriately. If this standard is followed, Tesla's "autopilot" is at Level 2 "partially automated" and is assisted; while Google is unmanned, and the target is Level 5 completely. automation.
Automatic driving technology classification
At the just-concluded 2016 International Interconnect and Smart Transportation Expo, Yuan Xing, the general manager of Baidu’s smart car strategy, also stated that Baidu’s current goal is Level 3 automated driving of the US standard, and hopefully within 3-5 years. Mass production.
Gu Weiyi will serve as the general manager of the business division. At the same time, he is the deputy general manager of Baidu Maps Division, the general manager of the Vehicle Connectivity Division, and the general manager of Smart Automotive . This was confirmed by the introduction of the official website:
The title of Gu Weijun, the official website of Baidu World Congress 2016, is the general manager of L3 Business Division.
The Baidu driverless project started in 2013 and was led by Baidu Research Institute. Its technology core is the “Baidu Car Brainâ€, which includes four modules: high-precision maps, positioning, perception, and intelligent decision-making and control; The department launched the networking products such as CarLife, MyCar, and CoDriver. In December 2015, Baidu unmanned vehicles landed on the ground. Shortly afterwards, at the Wuzhen Internet Conference, the Baidu Automatic Driving Division was announced; in March this year, Baidu launched. "Smart Car Strategy" will cooperate with Changan to develop smart cars...
This series of layouts shows Baidu’s determination to be driverless. At this time, the establishment of the L3 Business Unit to carry out transitional layout and accelerate the commercialization of its driverless car has a very large possibility. In addition, the report on Baidu's "smart car strategy" reported by Lei Feng Network had similar intentions.
There is no more precise information yet. Follow the follow-up on Lei Feng Net (search for “Lei Feng Net†public number attention) and report on Baidu World Congress 2016 after 2 days.
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