Apollo open autonomous driving platform, Baidu, Inc., Beijing, China

AutonomouStuff, a U.S.-based autonomous system components supplier, showcased two driverless vehicles completing circuits around a short track near the conference venue of Baidu Create 2017 on July 5, 2017 that use driverless car technology of Apollo 1.0. The two cars took only three days to set up using code and capabilities provided by the Apollo open platform.

Baidu announced at Baidu Create 2017 that more than 50 partners have joined the Apollo open autonomous driving project, forming one of the largest and most diverse autonomous driving ecosystems to accelerate the development and adoption of autonomous driving. Members of the Apollo alliance are from a wide range of sectors, essential for the realization of driver-less cars, including Ford, Daimler, Bosch, NVIDIA, TomTom, and others.

One of the biggest challenges to developing a robust autonomous driving system is having sufficient data to iterate the software and train the AI models. Apollo’s simulation tools and services provide a key solution that is backed by vast amounts of actual autonomous driving scene data, which enables developers to accelerate software iteration and ultimately shorten the development cycle.

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Baidu's fleet of Apollo autonomous vehicles was debuted in the Chinese city of Xiongan this week as a part of a larger strategic collaboration between Baidu & the local government to develop an efficient, environmentally-friendly and convenient "AI City" as a benchmark for smart cities of the future.

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Baidu's fleet of Apollo autonomous vehicles was debuted in the Chinese city of Xiongan this week as a part of a larger strategic collaboration between Baidu & the local government to develop the new economic zone into a smart city through deepening cooperation in intelligent transport, and the application of conversational AI and cloud computing infrastructure. Xiongan New Area will be developed into an “AI City”, which will become a new model for smart cities in the future.

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A vehicle running Apollo 2.0 completes a 3.8 mile loop at night and in light rain autonomously in Sunnyvale, California. Apollo is the open autonomous driving platform by Baidu, which enables partners to develop their own autonomous driving systems.

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AutonomouStuff, a U.S. startup supplying autonomous system components, used Apollo 1.0 to create waypoint autonomous vehicles last July and upgraded the vehicles to Apollo 2.0 within one week, enabling daytime and nighttime driving on simple urban roads, fully demonstrating the flexibility and usability of Apollo 2.0.

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DuerOS puts intelligence in everything - even your car! DuerOS for Apollo brings conversational #AI to the in-car experience - allowing for a seamless integration of your smart devices to make life more convenient no matter where you're going!

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On March 22, Baidu was issued the first-ever licenses for #AutonomousDriving road testing in Beijing! Check out a recap of the launch ceremony and the Apollo Platform-powered #AutonomousVehicles hitting the streets for a test drive! Great memories of a #mobility milestone!

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Baidu started testing its self-driving vehicles on the public roads of Xiongan New Area, Hebei Province, north China. Baidu’s Apollo Project aims to develop an open software platform for autonomous driving. The test is part of the company’s cooperation with the local authorities to build the new Xiongan area as a low-carbon, intelligent, livable area. Shang Guobin, director of the self-driving project, said: “A car must have accurate perception of its surrounding when it runs. The sensing system on the vehicles include the rotating lidar, with 64 beams, cameras, as well as radar in the front and at the rear of the vehicles” The test will last about two months and, later this year, is expected for the vehicles to be used for local residents commuting.

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Baidu's Apollo provides solid and advanced autonomous driving solutions to support commercialization of smart logistics in various applications.

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