2021年1月27日,

Uisee自治行李拖拉机在香港国际机场工作。|来源:Uisee Uisee技术,北京自主驾驶技术创业,筹集了1.54亿美元的资金从中国政府支持Guokai国家制造业转型和升级基金。Uisee说,这笔资金将被用来加速其完整的自主驾驶技术的发展。Uisee自治堆栈帮助成立于2016年,为各种物流应用程序创建L4自主汽车工厂、机场港口和其他受限制的环境。2019年12月,Uisee与香港国际机场(学会)在一个自治电动拖拉机(让)。让每天使用,为成千上万的乘客搬运行李。根据香港建筑师学会,这是第一次让放入操作在机场在世界任何地方生活。你可以看下面的视频让在行动。让没有人类安全司机在机舱内,这使得运行在终端1香港建筑师学会时速20公里每小时。有八个高清摄像头安装在两侧的让和三个激光雷达传感器。 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]