Chine internet giant Baidu has announced a 10 billion RMB ($1.5 billion) Apollo Fund to invest in 100 autonomous driving projects in the next three years.<\/p>\n
It also announced the release of Apollo 1.5, the latest iteration of the company\u2019s Apollo open-source autonomous driving platform that has gathered 70 strong partners so far.<\/p>\n
Building on Apollo 1.0, Apollo 1.5 opens up five additional core capabilities which include obstacle perception, planning, cloud simulation, High-Definition (HD) maps and End-to-End deep learning, providing more comprehensive solutions to developers and ecosystem partners to accelerate the deployment of autonomous driving, the company said.<\/p>\n
The obstacle perception capability enables vehicles to accurately identify obstacles during both day and night.<\/p>\n
With the planning capability, vehicles can plan the correct driving path and make optimal driving decisions.<\/p>\n
The cloud simulation system on Apollo is the only platform that provides open, built-in HD maps tailored for autonomous driving.<\/p>\n
Based on large scale cloud computing capacity, Apollo has a vast amount of real traffic data in China, and has a virtual running capacity of one million kilometers per day, Baidu said.<\/p>\n
Apollo is an open platform that provides a comprehensive, secure, and reliable all-in-one solution that supports all major features and functions of an autonomous vehicle.<\/p>\n
Its first iteration, Apollo 1.0, with capabilities enabling vehicles to do autonomous waypoint driving in enclosed venues, was announced in July at Baidu\u2019s inaugurate AI Developers Conference in Beijing.<\/p>\n
Over the past two months, Apollo has seen dozens of code updates each week and the addition of more than 65,000 lines of new code.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Apollo has received a positive response from global developers.<\/p>\n
To date, more than 1,300 companies have downloaded Apollo source code and nearly 100 companies have applied for open data via the Apollo website.<\/p>\n
Apollo has attracted 70 global and Chinese partners, including OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, developer platforms and technology start-ups.<\/p>\n
Newly joined members include Hyundai Motor, ROS, esd electronics, Neousys Technology, and autonomous driving startups such as Momenta and iDriver+ Technologies.<\/p>\n
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