The original and most basic "autonomous driving" of Bitauto appeared in the factory as early as half a century ago - I believe everyone has seen an autonomous AGV car that looks like a pallet in the factory. , which generates electromagnetic frequencies through wires embedded in the ground, and guides vehicles through magnetic fields. But expanding to the concept of autonomous driving, unmanned transportation may be the "pioneer" for the implementation of autonomous driving.
The commercial logistics field often has a strong demand for autonomous driving technology or related products. There are many reasons, such as: high labor costs (for example, the annual salary of heavy truck drivers often exceeds 200,000 Yuan), long-distance transportation places great demands on drivers and requires high fuel costs, and the pressure on carbon emissions increases sharply, etc.
On December 26, as an advanced domestic commercial vehicle intelligent driving technology innovation company, Shanghai Youdao Zhitu Technology Co., Ltd. opened its doors in Lingang, Shanghai The Intelligent Connected Vehicle Comprehensive Test Demonstration Zone showed us its L3&L4 level smart heavy truck products.
It is reported that youdao Zitu smart heavy truck products complement each other through data-driven and algorithm iterations, and have now achieved over 100,000 miles of autonomous driving test mileage in real scenarios. 2 million kilometers, quasi-commercial operation in high-speed scenarios of 60,000+TEU (TEU is a standard container). With the help of China Mobile's 5G technology, high-precision map Beidou positioning, and Honghu intelligent driving platform, the current Youdao Zitu L4 smart heavy truck can achieve many industry-leading technical indicators: such as 5-vehicle platoon driving, fleet spacing less than 16m, automatic parking The car entry time is less than 70 seconds, compared with The number of drivers can also reduce the market by more than 30%. For example, the vehicle parking accuracy is less than 3cm. These technical indicators allow youdao Zitu smart heavy truck products to effectively improve the transportation efficiency in scenes such as ports and industrial parks, while driving in formation. It can also reduce corporate energy consumption.
Then we also entered the Youdao Zitu smart heavy-duty truck to actually experience the autonomous driving capabilities of this heavy-duty truck product. The open test section is the Donghai Bridge-Yangshan Port Phase 4 Terminal, with a total length of approximately 36km, and the test period is in the afternoon. The working conditions of the entire section are relatively complex, including not only a large number of other manually driven heavy trucks, but also many private vehicles. , the test for Youdao Zitu smart heavy-duty trucks is still quite severe.
However, although the overall experience is different from passenger car products in terms of comfort, the safe driving logic, formation form, and short-term Overtaking and other aspects are already very mature. After communicating with the engineers on the vehicle, this heavy truck product can now realize 5 vehicles. Only the front and rear vehicles need to be equipped with safety equipment. (However, regulations are not yet allowed, so this time each vehicle in the heavy truck fleet has a safety officer). It can drive autonomously during the entire process, accurately stop at the port loading and unloading point, etc., through the 32-line laser radar on the top of the vehicle and the 16-line laser on both sides. Lidar, multiple millimeter-wave radars and the latest car-grade 1000tps+ computing power chips can currently fully cope with this situation.Autonomous driving on complex road conditions.
In the product section, in addition to experiencing conventional smart heavy-duty truck products, we also met Youdao Zitu in the Shanghai Lingang Intelligent Connected Vehicle Comprehensive Test Demonstration Zone AIV vehicles are currently being piloted at the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Phase 4 Terminal. This pure electric, cab-less smart vehicle also ranks first in the country in terms of overall performance indicators. Leading position in the industry: The pure electric range reaches 110km, it can operate continuously for 12 hours, regardless of the front or rear of the vehicle, and the four wheels can steer independently. It can drive horizontally and diagonally like a crab, and even make a U-turn on the spot... These characteristics also determine The AIV model not only has high traffic efficiency during operation, but also does not require a driver or refueling, which can greatly reduce operating costs.
There are sensors all around its body, and it does not require major modifications to the site like the AGV model at the beginning of the article. As of this year, Youdao Zhitu has invested 8 AIV models in the SIPG Waigaoqiao Phase 4 Terminal to carry out real production operations and test operations, and completed the transshipment of 1,000 standard containers within 3 months. Next year, an additional 30 AIV models will be added. It is expected that next year Completed the transshipment of 100,000 standard containers.
Full text summary: There are more than ten ideas in the development of the concept of autonomous driving. In the field of passenger cars, what we often mention is the driving assistance system. Although the development is very advanced at the hardware and software levels, it is still not fully developed. Dealing with urban traffic conditions on open roads is still quite risky.
However, in the field of commercial vehicles with fixed routes and relatively closed operating scenarios, we can see that companies such as Youdao Zitu have already come up with solutions that are competitive enough, full of phenomena and practicality. After autonomous driving products have gone through testing, trial operation, and large-scale commercial operations, we may be able to see a large number of such vehicles on the highway in the near future. By then, the autonomous driving of our private cars may be far away. Not very far.