Chen Demei, vice president of SAIC Motor, said that Xiangdao Robotaxi has always regarded "safety" as the starting point of product research and development and the focus of operational services.
"Have a car partner that is ready to go" "No need to drive, sit in the car and rest at ease, the car will automatically go to the destination" "In a critical moment, the mobile phone remote control, the car will arrive at the side"... These plots, which have appeared many times in science fiction movies, are now becoming a reality step by step with the blessing of technology.
Recently, in Shanghai's Jiading District, a group of special cars "wearing hats on their heads" have appeared. Unlike traditional operating vehicles, these cars with lidar on top and multiple cameras have no drivers in them, and they rely entirely on autonomous driving systems to maneuver.
When people have a ride need, they only need to complete the call through the Xiangdao Travel App and wait for the vehicle to stop at the designated location. When the passenger is seated and fastens his seat belt, the vehicle automatically starts and smoothly drives to the planned destination...
The above are some of the real experience clips of the "Enjoy Road Robotaxi" of Xiangdao Travel. As the first L4 autonomous driving operation platform of a car company in China, Xiangdao Robotaxi took the lead in officially launching in Jiading, Shanghai at the end of 2021, and the first batch of 20 operating vehicles deployed to bring consumers a safe, interesting and accessible future travel experience.
"Xiangdao Robotaxi is a major innovation development strategy project of SAIC Group's layout of 'electrification + intelligent networking + sharing', and it is also the product of SAIC's industrial chain and innovation chain." At the scene of the event, Chen Demei, vice president of SAIC Motor, told reporters.
In recent years, autonomous driving technology has been the focus of the world's major car companies. As a leader in the domestic automotive industry, SAIC Motor has long been deeply engaged in the field of autonomous driving and intelligence. The Boomaxi is the crystallization of SAIC's latest technological achievements.
It is understood that Xiangdao Robotaxi is jointly built by the core teams including SAIC Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Momenta, and Xiangdao Travel, and its end-to-end "intelligent manufacturing + AI+ operation" trinity model fully demonstrates the advantages of saic motor's intensive and industrialized ecological innovation.
At the same time, SAIC's superior resources in the industrial chain provide strong support for the sustainable development of Xiangdao Robotaxi. The reporter learned that the first batch of operating vehicles adopted the "smart electric SUV" Feifan MARVEL R model.
Saic Motor Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Passenger Car Technology Center, Lianchuang Automotive Electronics and other SAIC group companies provide original factory-level automatic driving software and hardware integration, and based on the GVDP vehicle development process to establish a Robotaxi restructuring system, laying a solid foundation for future large-scale mass production.
It is worth noting that in order to ensure the reliability of automatic driving, SAIC Artificial Intelligence Lab has joined hands with autonomous driving company Momenta to provide a software-hard integrated autonomous driving solution for Xiangdao Robotaxi.
"Our computing platform provides powerful computing power support of more than 600TOPS, and the 'Vision + Radar' solution can independently complete 3D perception and establish a full-process data-driven algorithm and an efficient closed-loop automation toolchain." Chen Demei said that under the premise of ensuring data and network security, SAIC Motor has opened up the integration of autonomous driving data transmission and technology between mass-produced vehicles and Robotaxi, providing massive data support for L4 level automatic driving and helping the rapid iteration of autonomous driving technology automation.
Looking at the world, whether it is Google or Baidu, whether it is Tesla or Didi, the giants of the travel industry and the Internet trendster have focused on the field of autonomous driving, and many of them have achieved phased results. However, many traffic accidents caused by autonomous driving technology have also made people firmly bind the words "automatic driving" and "safety" together.
Chen Demei said that Xiangdao Robotaxi has always taken "safety" as the starting point of product research and development and the focus of operation services, and based on the new characteristics and challenges of autonomous driving travel services, it focuses on the "four safety" for future travel - that is, vehicle manufacturing safety, automatic driving safety, operation service safety, and network data security, to escort every user.
Among them, SAIC Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has built a smart driving data monitoring platform to create a complete data closed loop in the car-cloud for The Robotaxi, grasping the operation of each Robotaxi's intelligent driving system in real time and guarding the safety of the trip at any time.
For the private data that consumers care about, such as face information and trajectory data, Xiangdao Robotaxi ensures the security of personal information from the end to the management to the cloud through data encryption, desensitization and other measures.
The reporter learned that as the industry's first travel platform that has passed the two-factor authentication of ISO27001 information security management system and ISO27701 privacy information management system, Robotaxi has established a perfect network information security system to effectively resist network attacks and comprehensively protect the security of users' personal information.
In fact, the launch of automatic driving services is only the first step in the layout of smart travel in The way Robotaxi, Chen Demei revealed that different from the "pure technology research and development and testing" automatic driving development model, the "autonomous driving travel services and experiences" under the urban life scenario, returning to the essence of travel services and committing to creating a true "user experience" travel product.
During this experience, many participants found that the operation of calling Robotaxi was consistent with the daily ride-hailing car, and there were no more complicated steps. After a successful call, they can remotely customize the Robotaxi in-car environment, including playing music, preset air conditioning temperature, etc., to personalize the exclusive Robotaxi travel experience.
The reporter also noticed that in the car of Theobotaxi, there is an intelligent voice assistant "Xiaoke", and through the "Hello, Xiaoke" wake up interaction, you can realize the dialogue to quickly realize the function of playing music. Such a detailed configuration can make a person's travel more interesting and convenient.
"At the beginning of the launch, Xiangdao Robotaxi will also set up an autonomous driving 'slow' live broadcast room in the Xiangdao Travel App, and broadcast the real-time dynamic picture of Thelotaxi vehicle every day, supporting one-click sharing to meet the social needs of thousands of users." The relevant person in charge of Xiangdao Travel introduced.
Industry insiders pointed out that deepening the construction of urban smart travel and accelerating the landing of high-tech innovation in the field of urban travel will be the general trend of the development of the future travel industry, and the positive actions of independent brands will help seize a broader market and establish a more scientific and technological brand image.
With the launch of Theobotaxi, Hemido Travel will also accelerate the pace of development. According to the plan, the scale of the Shanghai fleet of The Xiangdao Robotaxi will be increased to 40 in the near future, and 20 operating vehicles will be launched in Suzhou. In 2022, The Robotaxi plans to land in Shenzhen and achieve an operating fleet size of 200 units.
"While exploring the landing of Robotaxi's operating model, we are constantly optimizing SAIC's advanced driver assistance program. By 2025, SAIC motor will form a commercial Robotaxi fleet to define a new form of shared mobility and achieve a sustainable and profitable business model. Chen Demei concluded.
China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Zhang Zhenqi Source: China Youth Daily
Source: China Youth Daily Travel Weekly
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