百度试水无人驾驶车 五环路测成功
Chinese search engine giant Baidu announced on Friday that its driverless car has finished road tests and succeeded in automatic driving in mixed road conditions.
本周五,中国的搜索引擎巨头百度宣布,百度无人驾驶汽车已完成路测,成功实现混合路况下的全自动驾驶。The test vehicle left the Baidu building in Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park and drove to the Olympic Forest Park via the G7 Beijing-Urumqi highway and the Fifth Ring Road before returning via the same route.
百度无人驾驶车从中关村软件园百度大厦附近出发,驶入G7京新高速公路,经五环路,抵达奥林匹克森林公园,随后按原路线返回。The vehicle reached a top speed of 100km/hr during the test, according to the u said the test was completed with a driver in the car who would take control of the vehicle in case of emergency.
据百度公司称,无人驾驶车在测试中最高时速达100公里。百度还说测试时车上有一名驾驶员,以防有紧急情况发生时能操控车辆。
Launched in 2013, the company's driverless car project is based on the core "Baidu car brain" technology, which includes high-precision electronic mapping, positioning and decision-making systems.
百度无人驾驶车项目于2013年起步,其技术核心是“百度汽车大脑”,包括高精度地图、定位、感知、智能决策与控制四大模块。"Automatic driving faces challenges in a variety of driving conditions such as bad weather and congestion," said Wang Jin, senior vice president of Baidu.
“自动驾驶汽车面临驾驶路况多样化的巨大挑战,比如恶劣天气和交通拥堵。” 百度高级副总裁王劲说。"It is a great challenge to test in Beijing, a city with so many complicated road conditions, but luckily we made it," said Wang.
他还说,“在北京这种复杂的路况上完成全自动驾驶,挑战尤其巨大,但幸运的是我们成功了。”Baidu announced its plan to develop a driverless car in June. It has previously worked on "semi-autonomous" cars with German automaker BMW.
百度公司于今年6月公布了它的无人驾驶汽车研发计划。百度之前已与德国宝马汽车公司合作,开发“辅助自动”驾驶汽车。The driverless car is scheduled to make its debut at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen Township in east China's Zhejiang Province from Dec.16 to 18.
这款无人驾驶汽车计划在12月16日-18日在中国东部浙江乌镇的世界互联网大会上首次亮相。IT companies such as Google and Apple are working with auto manufacturers including Toyota and Tesla to develop their own driverless cars. In May 2014, Google presented a concept for a driverless car without a steering wheel or pedals and unveiled a fully functioning prototype in December of that year.
像谷歌和苹果这样的互联网公司也正在与汽车制造商比如丰田、特斯拉合作,以研发他们自己的无人驾驶汽车。2014年5月,谷歌公司提出了一个无方向盘、无操作踏板的无人驾驶汽车概念,并于同年12月展示了一个完全自动驾驶汽车的原型。