2021年1月27日

义士的自动行李牵引车在香港国际机场工作。总部位于北京的自动驾驶技术初创公司易视科技从中国政府支持的国凯国家制造业转型升级基金获得1.54亿美元的融资。Uisee表示，这笔资金将用于加速全栈自动驾驶技术的开发。成立于2016年的Uisee的自动驾驶堆栈帮助创建L4自动驾驶汽车，用于机场、工厂、港口和其他受限环境的各种物流应用。2019年12月，宜商与香港国际机场(HKIA)合作研发了一款自动电动拖拉机(AET)。AET每天都在使用，为数千名乘客运送行李。香港国际机场表示，这是世界上第一个在机场投入运作的AET。你可以在下面的视频中观看AET的行动。AET的机舱内没有人类安全驾驶员，它在香港国际机场一号客运大楼以每小时20公里的速度运行。AET的两侧安装了8个高清摄像头和3个激光雷达传感器。 It also has a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) system with a range of error of just 10 to 15cm. By the first quarter of 2021, HKIA said all of its traditional baggage tractors operated manually at Terminal 1 will be replaced by AETs. This is a revenue-generating application for Uisee, which is a rarity in these early days of the autonomous vehicle industry. The AETs will also increase safety at the terminal. “Many traffic accidents are caused by drivers having long working hours and fatigue, as well as poor weather conditions like heavy rain or fog,” said Steven Yiu, deputy director, service delivery, Airport Authority Hong Kong. “Hong Kong International Airport has deployed the AET based on the considerations of low labour availability, accidents reduction and efficiency improvement.” Uisee also partnered with SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, a joint venture between SAIC and General Motors, to deploy a fleet of autonomous vehicles at one of the automaker’s manufacturing facilities. Uisee said the fleet has logged more than 300,000 kilometers (186,411 miles) unmanned as of January. Uisee was founded by Gansha Wu, who is the former president of Intel Research China. Robert Bosch Venture Capital led the company’s Series B round back in February 2020. Growth of autonomous vehicles in China China is aiming to achieve mass production of lower-level autonomous vehicles by 2025. In a 2018 report, Deloitte predicted sales of L4 autonomous vehicles in China to exceed 500,000 units by 2030. “In China, common consensus in the industry is that autonomous driving, especially the development of L3 and L4 automation, remains a hot area of investment,” said Richard Wang, a senior analyst at the Gasgoo Auto Research Institute. “We’re expecting more new players to enter and disrupt the market in the next two to three years.” Another Chinese autonomous vehicle company, Guangzhou-based WeRide, earlier this month completed a $310 million Series B round of funding . It launched a L4 robotaxi service in Guangzhou in November 2019. WeRide claimed this is the first publicly accessible robotaxi service in the city. It covers an area of 144 square kilometers (89.4 sq. mi.) in Huangpu District and Guangzhou Development District. In the service’s first year of operation, 60,000-plus users went on a total of 147,128 rides, according to WeRide. Plus.ai, a self-driving truck company with offices in the U.S. and China, in November 2020 raised $100 million from Guotai Junan International, a Hong Kong-based investment and securities firm, and Hedosophia, a London-based VC firm. About The Author Steve Crowe Steve Crowe is Editor of The Robot Report and co-chair of the Robotics Summit & Expo. He joined WTWH Media in January 2018 after spending four-plus years as Managing Editor of Robotics Trends Media. He can be reached at [email protected]