{"id":37289,"date":"2022-12-01T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37289"},"modified":"2022-12-01T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:04:12","slug":"1138007_baidu-aims-to-have-world-s-biggest-robotaxi-service-by-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=37289","title":{"rendered":"Baidu aims to have world&#8217;s biggest robotaxi service by 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After becoming the first company in China to be granted a permit to run a robotaxi service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136759_baidu-s-self-driving-taxis-deliver-rides-without-safety-driver-in-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without the need for a safety driver<\/a> in August, Baidu has now announced an ambitious plan to have the service cover a wider area than any rival as soon as 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Baidu, which is often referred to as China&#8217;s Google, made the announcement on Tuesday during a presentation on self-driving technologies the company has in the works. The company didn&#8217;t mention a specific size for the area to be covered, but has previously said it aims to have 600 robotaxis in operation by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Baidu&#8217;s robotaxi service, known as Apollo Go, has been up and running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1132139_baidu-launches-china-s-first-commercial-driverless-taxi-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in parts of China since 2021<\/a>, and since then it has managed to deliver 1.4 million rides. A third of those occurred in the third quarter of 2022 alone.<\/p>\n<p>Apollo Go currently operates in limited areas within 10 major Chinese cities, including in Chongqing and Wuhan where the robotaxis operate without a safety driver. Baidu claims they can add new cities to their service in just 20 days, which is made possible thanks to automation of map generation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kDvnHXuvoRY\" width=\"560\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to Baidu, around 96% of map generation can now be automated, thanks to AI. The maps are also generated using crowd-sourced data from actual drivers, which is important for real-time updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaidu\u2019s new generation autonomous driving map is equipped with comprehensive capabilities such as automatic production, real-time fusion, and knowledge enhancement,\u201d Jizhou Huang, Baidu&#8217;s head of self-driving technology, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Baidu said it is developing its self-driving system to handle scenarios it has not encountered before, known in the industry as the \u201clong tail\u201d problem. Baidu&#8217;s solution is an AI system integrating a pre-trained visual-language model with weak supervision, which will work in combination with a separate AI system able to recognize thousands of objects. According to Baidu, the setup will enable a self-driving car to quickly make sense of an object not normally seen on the road, such as plastic bag or stray animal.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., Alphabet&#8217;s Waymo is leading the way when it comes to the operation of a robotaxi service. Waymo&#8217;s service is limited to parts of Phoenix and San Francisco, and the company in October said the next location <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137579_next-stop-for-waymo-one-robotaxi-service-will-be-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will be Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After becoming the first company in China to be granted a permit to run a robotaxi service without the need for a safety driver in August, Baidu has now announced an ambitious plan to have the service cover a wider area than any rival as soon as 2023. 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