Baidu Unveils Apollo 2.5, the Newest Upgrade to its Autonomous Driving Open Platform
April 19 2018 - 4:30AM
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) today unveiled Apollo 2.5, the latest
iteration of the open autonomous driving platform, which now
supports autonomous driving on geo-fenced highways. At a launch
event to celebrate Apollo’s one-year anniversary in Beijing, Baidu
also announced the Apollo Automotive Cybersecurity Lab to further
the advancement of safety in mobility as a long-term vision towards
the development of an autonomous driving ecosystem.
Baidu has teamed up with China Automotive
Technology and Research Center and China Academy of Information and
Communications Technology to launch its automotive cybersecurity
lab. The 1,000m2 lab, located in Beijing’s Haidian district, will
bring together talent from Baidu’s Intelligent Driving Group with
industry and academic experts from universities, such as Tsinghua
University and Beijing Institute of Technology, to focus on
in-depth research as the foundation for the sustainable development
of intelligent driving.
“Since the launch of Apollo, safety has been our
core focus and is deeply rooted in the platform. We attach great
importance to automotive functional safety and cybersecurity,” said
Zhenyu Li, Baidu’s Vice President and General Manager of the
Intelligent Driving Group. “As our research on intelligent driving
technology deepens, we have an increased responsibility to ensure
automotive cybersecurity. By creating this lab, we aim to set a new
standard for research in cybersecurity for autonomous
vehicles.”
The lab will conduct research into automotive
cybersecurity technologies, trends and solutions for in-vehicle
systems, car-to-car communications, the controller area network
(CAN bus), and sensors. It will explore best security practices in
data protection, in-vehicle infotainment, reference software and
hardware designs, and countermeasures to fake signals that misguide
autonomous driving systems.
Leveraging its capabilities in autonomous
driving and cybersecurity, Baidu will begin to work with Apollo
partners, including Chery, BAIC’s Beijing Electric Vehicle Co. and
China FAW Group, to establish various joint labs in China. In the
future, Baidu will launch research projects with universities,
research institutes and cybersecurity teams, and will share their
technology developments with partners in the Apollo ecosystem.
On Apollo’s one-year anniversary, Baidu
announced the latest iteration of the autonomous driving platform -
Apollo 2.5 - which will further expand its capabilities into a
wider range of applications and scenarios. It implemented a
geo-fenced, high-speed autonomous driving scenario, and reduced 90%
of the sensor cost to better facilitate autonomous driving
development. The latest iteration also includes vision-based
perception, real-time relative mapping and high-speed planning and
control.
Apollo 2.5 offers more efficient development
tools, including a visual debugging tool, a data collector for HD
maps and a simulator for cloud-based autonomous driving, to further
enhance developer efficacy. In addition, Apollo’s recently-launched
data and technology project, ApolloScape, will release new
large-scale autonomous driving datasets and next-generation
simulation technologies in China.
Apollo has now amassed more than 200,000 lines
of code, which have been downloaded and used by over 2,000
developers and partners. Over 9,000 developers on Github, the
world's largest open source community, have recommended Apollo open
source software. After its most recent partnership with BYD,
China’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer, Apollo has now
brought together 100 partners with the open platform. Furthering
its ability to advance the development of autonomous driving, this
year, Baidu has been granted permits to perform autonomous vehicle
road testing in China’s Beijing, Fujian and Chongqing.
“Intelligent driving is one of the most exciting
technologies of our time. It will be a long journey, and we have
the responsibility to make extra efforts to create an exceptional
era in which we can achieve a safe intelligent driving
environment,” Baidu’s Group President and COO, Qi Lu, said during
his birthday wishes to Apollo via live video feed.
About BaiduBaidu, Inc. is the
leading Chinese language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to
make a complex world simpler through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU".
Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.
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