On August 18th, Baidu and CCTV jointly held the “Baidu World Conference 2021”. At this year’s conference, Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li officially released the “Car Robot” and the unmanned vehicle travel service platform “Luobo Kuairun”.
Robin Li believes that in the future, robots will look a lot like cars. All car robots should have the ability to automatic driving, intelligent assistant, loyal companionship, and self-learning.
In short, car robots should have the ability of automatic driving, intelligent cabin, and OTA.
At this conference, Baidu also officially upgraded the unmanned vehicle travel service platform “Luobo Kuairun”. As of the first half of 2021, Baidu Apollo’s autonomous driving travel service has accommodated more than 400,000 passengers, with a test distance of more than 14 million kilometers, and providing passenger services in four cities: Beijing, Guangzhou, Changsha, and Cangzhou.
In addition, Baidu has also deployed an AI intelligent traffic control system at 84 intersections in Baoding, Hebei, forming a “green wave” that can shorten the travel time of vehicles by 20%.
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