[ADAS News] Baidu completed its car manufacturing project; Muniu Technology pioneered 5D radar technology; Ecovacs released a commercial robot; Volkswagen and Mobileye cooperated on autonomous driving

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Baidu's car manufacturing report: ROBO-01 standard version may start at 250,000 yuan, Jidu's small target is 10,000 yuan per month

On October 27, Jidu’s “Monthly Exploration, More Worth Exploring” new car launch conference was held at Jidu’s Shanghai headquarters RoboBase. The first automotive robot ROBO-01 lunar exploration limited edition was officially released. The new car is priced at 399,800 yuan, and all its smart To achieve the highest level of optimization capabilities, all car owners’ rights will be free for life if they are fully maxed out.

Jidu not only reproduced the forward-looking design of the concept car with a high degree of restoration, but also launched the Point to Point Autopilot (PPA), which will have high-level intelligent driving capabilities in the "three domains of highway, city, and parking" when it is mass-produced and delivered. In addition, Jidu also demonstrated the mass-produced 3D intelligent driving map and full-domain offline voice for the first time.

Previously, the first batch of 1,000 chief experience officers for the ROBO-01 lunar exploration limited edition had been booked. At the press conference, Jidu CEO Xia Yiping announced an additional second batch of 1,000 seats. Both groups of chief experience officers will receive exclusive benefits such as lifetime high-end smart driving, lifetime warranty, lifetime free charging, and customized digital collections. Liu Cixin, the author of "Three-Body", participated in the press conference as the owner of car No. 004, and jointly released the "Human Autonomous Driving Declaration" with Jidu.

Among them, the ROBO-01 lunar exploration limited edition is equipped with a leading high-end intelligent driving hardware package, including dual NVIDIA Orin X to provide up to 508TOPS of underlying computing power drive, 31 intelligent driving sensors (2 laser radars, 5 millimeter wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, 12 high-definition cameras), which can provide 360-degree perception. Among the 12 high-definition cameras, there are 7 8 million pixels, 4 3 million pixels, and 1 2 million pixels, which fully meet the visual perception needs in different complex scenes.

Ecovacs launches GOAT G1 ​​DEEBOT PRO lawn mower robot to enable multi-machine collaborative cleaning

On the evening of October 26, Ecovacs presented a wonderful new product launch conference to the world in both Chinese and English. In this conference titled 2022 Autumn Strategic New Product Launch Conference, Ecovacs released the smart lawn mowing robot GOAT G1 ​​and the commercial cleaning robot solution DEEBOT PRO through immersive scenes.

The intelligent lawn mowing robot GOAT G1 ​​solves the current pain point problems of lawn mowing robots such as insufficient intelligence, prone to getting stuck and collisions through boundary sensing, precise positioning and navigation and obstacle avoidance. This more efficient and intelligent "robot vision" solution also helps GOAT G1 ​​open up Lawn mower robot 2.0 era. According to Cobos, GOAT G1 ​​uses the TrueMapping quadruple fusion positioning system, which can bring a "double-eyed" robot vision solution to the robot through a 360-degree panoramic camera and a fish-eye camera, even in the face of complex ground environments, such as Even when the boundaries are unclear and the ground fluctuates, precise positioning can also be achieved through UWB ultra-bandwidth wireless carrier communication, inertial navigation and GPS.

Not only that, GOAT G1 ​​also achieves excellent planning in terms of safe obstacle avoidance through AIVI 3D technology composed of visual sensors and ToF sensors. In addition, considering the cumbersome boundary deployment during the first use, Ecovacs also simplified the process through GOAT G1's visual technology. When using it, you only need to control GOAT G1 ​​to complete a circle around the courtyard to quickly and efficiently create a map.

Muniu Technology pioneered 5D radar technology, leading the new trend of millimeter wave radar

With the rapid evolution of autonomous driving, the speed of "onboarding" of advanced sensing technology is far faster than expected. As an "upgraded version" of traditional automotive millimeter-wave radar, 4D imaging radar is rapidly catching up with lidar and has become another important direction for the industry to optimize intelligent driving perception systems.

Another breakthrough: Imaging radar's fifth dimension of "micromotion"

In the five years of layout and development of the 4D imaging radar market, Muniu has not only accumulated a large amount of scene data, but also fully utilized the scene recognition and perception capabilities of radar as a sensor. In addition to the 4D dimensional detection of distance, speed, azimuth and angle, it has added the measurement of the "micro-doppler" dimension, upgrading the original 4D information to 5D, and fully utilizing the classification and perception capabilities of micro-Doppler information in scene recognition. Through target recognition and AI algorithm performance enhancement, the data quality, imaging effect and scene recognition capabilities of Muniu radar can be rapidly improved.

Micro-Doppler means that in addition to the overall motion of an object, there is also micro-motion dynamics, which is characterized by vibrations of moving or additional moving parts. For example, when a person is walking, the radar echo reflected by the movement of the trunk contains Doppler information in the traditional sense, while the radar echo reflected by the swing of the legs, feet, and arms contains micro-Doppler information.

Since the micro-Doppler information between different targets is unique, the information detection of such tiny movements becomes a powerful feature for target classification, which is the key to 5D radar technology empowering millimeter-wave radar. (Gasgoo)

Japan plans to allow L4 autonomous vehicles on the road next year

Recently, we learned from foreign media that the Japanese National Police Agency’s new “Road Traffic Law” amendment is scheduled to be implemented on April 1, 2023. The bill includes a Level 4 operation license system for fully automated driving in a limited area.

Recently, we learned from foreign media that the new amendment to the Road Traffic Law of the National Police Agency of Japan is scheduled to take effect on April 1, 2023. The bill includes a Level 4 operating permit system for fully automated driving in limited areas. However, the new bill will solicit public opinions before the end of November, and then officially determine the content and implementation time.

Using a lens to solve imaging problems, Huanjun Technology unveils optical black technology

At a product launch on October 26, Ecovacs released the new yard mowing robot "GOAT G1". GOAT G1 ​​is mainly based on machine vision solutions. A panoramic camera is installed on the robot's head, which is combined with TrueMapping quadruple fusion positioning system and UWB ultra-bandwidth wireless carrier communication to achieve path planning and positioning. This panoramic camera is provided by " Huanjun Technology".

During navigation, the panoramic camera acts as the "eyes" of GOAT G1, which can quickly sense and stabilize imaging, providing effective data for the robot's precise navigation, obstacle avoidance, etc. This is different from mainstream lenses that use central axis imaging. "Huanjun Technology" uses panoramic ring optical technology for edge axis imaging. This optical design allows a single lens to achieve a field of view that previously required multiple lenses to cover. It also solves the problem of edge distortion of a single lens, and the imaging stability is also greatly improved.

Recently, Charles, CEO of Huanjun Technology, accepted an interview with the media and introduced that there are two major trends in optical lenses for consumer electronic imaging. One is the involution of lenses, that is, the lenses are continuously reduced in the lens until only one is left; the other is to integrate imaging functions by replacing multiple lenses with one lens.

The former is represented by Metalens, and we are taking the second path. Huanjun Technology's panoramic lens not only avoids the negative distortion problem of fisheye lenses, but also uses a single lens to solve the difficulties of spliced ​​cameras, such as bulky structure and high computing power consumption, providing a new solution for the industry. (Leifeng Network News)

Jiangsu Leili continues to increase investment in R&D of lidar prism motors and other products: net profit after non-profits increased by 26.25% year-on-year in the first three quarters

On the evening of October 30, Jiangsu Leili released its third quarter report for 2022. It showed that in the first three quarters, the company achieved operating income of 2.197 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.37%; it achieved a net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 213 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 389 %; realized non-net profit of 277 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.25%.

During the reporting period, Jiangsu Leili withstood the competitive pressure of the domestic traditional motor market and continued to increase investment in research and development of new energy vehicle electronic pumps, energy storage pumps, industrial control motors, laser radar prism motors and other products, and increased the sales of high value-added products. Share, improved product sales structure, the company's operating income increased during the reporting period, and product gross profit margin continued to improve month-on-month.

Jiangsu Leili is the largest provider of micromotor modular solutions in China and a leading company in the field of micromotors worldwide. It has an internationally competitive R&D base and advanced automated production lines. During the reporting period, the company continued to focus on the "multiple application fields" strategy, gradually increased the volume of new products, and all business segments showed good growth momentum.

It is reported that in the first three quarters, the company's new products such as brushless motors and components for industrial control, electronic water pumps and aluminum die-casting products for new energy vehicles, and water pumps for photovoltaic energy storage in the new energy sector have continued to increase in volume. Prism motors and vibration motors used in laser radars for new energy vehicles have also been mass-produced.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology plans to stipulate that products with autonomous driving functions must pass risk testing and assessment

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a public solicitation of opinions on the "Regulations on the Administration of Road Motor Vehicle Production Access Permits (Draft for Comments)" on the 28th. It mentioned that intelligent connected vehicle products should also comply with the standards and technical specifications for expected functional safety, functional safety, network security and data security, and products with autonomous driving functions should pass risk testing and assessment.

Intelligent connected automobile manufacturers should establish vehicle product network security, data security, personal information protection, Internet of Vehicles card security management, and software upgrade management systems, improve the safety guarantee mechanism, implement safety guarantee measures, clarify responsible departments and persons in charge, and implement safety measures. Responsibility to protect. The software and hardware used in intelligent connected car products should comply with the requirements of national mandatory standards related to network security.

Personal information and important data collected and generated by intelligent connected car manufacturers during product sales and use must be stored within the country in accordance with the law. If it is truly necessary to provide information overseas due to business needs, it must pass a security assessment organized by the national cybersecurity and informatization department in conjunction with relevant departments of industry and information technology, and report to the relevant departments. If laws and administrative regulations provide otherwise, such provisions shall prevail. ( China Development Network News )

NI announces its latest advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) products

NI will demonstrate a revolutionary unified test system architecture that enables iterative movement between data playback and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing at the Automotive Test Expo in Novi, Michigan.

Validating the sensing, planning and control algorithms running on ADAS electronic control units (ECUs) is key to ensuring safe and reliable vehicles enter the market. NI Replay and HIL AD systems can aggregate and inject real-world road test data or simulated scenarios to test ADAS ECUs. By providing a unified tool chain, common hardware configuration, and test automation infrastructure across ADAS workflows, NI enables companies to reduce capital equipment costs, increase test coverage and efficiency, and shorten time to market. NI's unique approach ensures complete verification test coverage of ADAS/AD functionality, making existing data more available throughout the product lifecycle, maximizing performance and ultimately saving lives.

“NI is partnering with leaders in autonomous vehicle (AV) testing technology to provide the system-level capabilities our customers need to quickly and efficiently test the complex algorithms and AI-based software embedded in today’s AVs,” NI Transportation Business said Drita Roggenbuck, Senior Vice President of the Department. "Our customers, like ZF Mobility Solutions, rely on our efficient connected workflows and expertise to help them achieve their goals at their own speed."

Volkswagen and Mobileye reportedly work together on autonomous driving; Avita to enter Huawei flagship store

According to Reuters, two sources revealed that after the Volkswagen Group decided to stop investing in autonomous driving startup Argo AI, the group plans to expand its cooperation with Intel's Mobileye to the field of autonomous driving. According to reports, the Volkswagen Group plans to launch a self-driving taxi service in 2025, and Mobileye is likely to become a partner of the Volkswagen Group's self-driving taxi service. One of the people familiar with the matter said, "If cooperation with partners achieves good results, then cooperation in other areas is also reasonable."

Previously, Mobileye had reached cooperation with Cariad, the software business of the Volkswagen Group, in the field of autonomous driving technology. The Volkswagen Group declined to comment on whether the self-driving online ride-hailing service to be launched in Hamburg, Germany, will use Mobileye instead of Argo AI. A spokesman for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles told the media that the self-driving online ride-hailing program is still continuing and the target for 2025 remains unchanged.

Avita and Huawei jointly announced that Avita's first model, the Avita 11, will officially enter Huawei's flagship stores in Beijing and Shenzhen this year, becoming the second car brand to enter Huawei stores after Wenjie. The official move-in time will be around December this year.

Avita Technology is a car brand jointly launched by Changan Automobile, Huawei and CATL. It will further create a series of smart car products based on the new generation smart electric car technology platform CHN, and launch 4 new cars by 2025. The first model, Avita 11, will make its global debut in November 2021 and will be officially launched in August 2022. The first batch of deliveries will begin within the year.

Avita Technology has actually been preparing to enter Huawei's offline stores for a long time. In July this year, Changan Automobile stated on the investor interaction platform that Avita is actively working with Huawei to implement preparations for entering its store channels.

The Avita 11 is priced at RMB 349,900 to RMB 409,900. It is built on the CHN platform jointly developed by the three major brands. The entire series is equipped with HI Huawei's full-stack intelligent vehicle solution, CATL's ternary lithium battery and Huawei DriveOne dual-motor four-wheel drive system as standard. It has a smart cockpit developed based on Huawei's HarmonyOS and is equipped with Huawei's AOS intelligent driving operating system.

Xpeng Motors plans to move towards fully autonomous and driverless driving from 2025

Xpeng Motors plans to move toward fully autonomous and driverless driving from 2025. At the Xpeng Motors Technology Day held on October 24, Wu Xinzhou, vice president of autonomous driving of Xpeng Motors, revealed Xpeng Motors’ time plan for intelligent assisted driving: in 2022, it will mainly focus on the deployment of single-scenario assisted driving; in 2023, it will be The starting point of the second half of assisted driving, from 2023 to 2025, will mainly be the layout of full-scenario assisted driving; starting from 2025, Xpeng will move towards full autonomous driving and driverless driving.

Xpeng Motors' intelligent assisted driving will not develop in a single line in the future. Wu Xinzhou mentioned that he hopes to start Xpeng's own Robotaxi test operation in Guangzhou in 2023 or 2024, so that it can form good coordination and feedback with the main line of assisted driving and feed back assisted driving. At the same time, it is hoped that in 2025, the development of the hardware capabilities of Robotaxi and Xpeng Motors can "meet up" and enter the high-end autonomous driving stage.

It is reported that Xpeng G9 has passed the self-driving closed field test and obtained the "Intelligent Connected Vehicle Road Test" license. Xpeng said that it is the first time in the industry that the G9 has completed testing and obtained approval through only autonomous driving software upgrades without changing the hardware. Regarding urban NGP (Navigation Assisted Driving System), which has been attracting more attention in the industry, Xpeng Motors has also released some data. The current urban NGP weekly assisted driving penetration rate in urban areas is 84%, the urban NGP mileage penetration rate is 63%, and the traffic efficiency of urban NGP It has reached 90% of human drivers, and the average number of passive takeovers per 100 kilometers of urban NGP is 0.6 times.

However, Wu Xinzhou also said that compared with high-speed scenarios, the development of NGP in urban scenarios is a hundred times more difficult. He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xiaopeng Motors, also said that Xiaopeng Motors originally planned to deploy NGP functions in multiple cities in 2022, but the difficulty was greater than expected. At present, Xiaopeng Motors only completed the first launch of urban NGP in Guangzhou on September 27. In addition to intelligence, Xiaopeng also revealed the progress of its flying car business and robotics business.

The new generation of Xiaopeng PX2 prototypes were unveiled. He Xiaopeng said that Xiaopeng Motors can provide technical support for Pengxing in terms of power systems, autonomous driving, human-computer interaction, etc. In the case of Xiaopeng Huitian, the flying car finally has the appearance of a car - wheels have been added compared to the previous generation of products. Xiaopeng said that in addition to the overall shape being very different from previous models, the main change is the use of distributed multi-rotors, with an arm folding and storage system, which can switch between land and flight modes.

For a long time, some people in the industry have believed that Xpeng Motors should focus on the field of automotive intelligence that it is good at, and should not be distracted by the flying car business and robot business and divert resources. However, some people believe that flying cars and robots are not only areas that have been favored by capital in recent years. These two fields can also share technology with cars in terms of autonomous driving and algorithms. As of the close on October 24, Xpeng Motors' Hong Kong shares fell 12.76% to close at HK$27.35; US stocks fell 11.93% to close at US$7.16. ( The Paper )

Essence Securities: Wire-controlled chassis is a necessary condition for achieving high-level autonomous driving above L3

Essence Securities released a research report stating that wire-controlled chassis is a necessary condition for realizing high-level autonomous driving above L3 level. Among them, brake-by-wire is the first step to increase volume, and it is expected that the penetration rate of passenger cars will exceed 50% in 2025. The wire-controlled suspension is the link with the highest unit price, and localized cost reduction has accelerated the penetration of models below 300,000 yuan. In addition, steer-by-wire is the cornerstone of high-end autonomous driving, and large-scale mass production is expected to begin in 2024. Beneficiary targets: Bethel, Asia Pacific Holdings, Nexteer, and Jingwei Hengrun.

The control-by-wire chassis is a necessary condition for realizing high-level autonomous driving above L3 level:

The control-by-wire chassis is actually a control-by-wire transformation of the signal transmission mechanism of the chassis of the car, replacing mechanical signal transmission with electrical signal transmission, making it more suitable for autonomous driving vehicles. Its core feature is that it can achieve "human-machine decoupling", and the signal source that sends instructions to the actuator can be changed from a person to an autonomous driving system component, and it has the advantages of high precision and high response speed. At the same time, when the autonomous driving function level moves towards L4 and above, the driving of the vehicle will be completely free from human intervention, that is, the vehicle execution system no longer has a driver as a safety redundancy. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the whole vehicle during unmanned driving, high-level autonomous driving vehicles need to achieve double or even multiple redundancy in key execution links such as braking and steering in the design of the execution layer. Considering factors such as the space in the car, the signal transmission mechanism, and the response accuracy, replacing the mechanical structure with a control-by-wire structure is a necessary condition for achieving multiple safety redundancies of the actuator.

Brake-by-wire: the first step to increase volume, it is expected that the penetration rate of passenger cars will exceed 50% in 2025:

Brake-by-wire is the first step to increase the volume of drive-by-wire chassis. In the short and medium term, the EHBTwo/One-box solution will be the main solution, and in the long term, it will be replaced and upgraded to the EMB solution. According to data from Zuosi Auto Research, from January to May 2022, the domestic brake-by-wire assembly volume of passenger cars reached 957,000 units, and the penetration rate exceeded 13.7%. At the same time, brake-by-wire can realize energy recovery and extend the cruising range of new energy vehicles, so it is expected to accelerate the volume of new energy vehicles in the future as the penetration rate of new energy vehicles increases. We predict that by 2025, the penetration rate of wired braking will exceed 50%, and the market space will exceed 20 billion.

NavInfo: Third-quarter revenue increased by 11.54% year-on-year and cooperated with Huawei in the field of autonomous driving

On the evening of October 28, NavInfo (002405.SZ) released its third quarter report for 2022. The company’s operating income in the first three quarters was 2.078 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.54%. The net loss attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 59.0312 million yuan.

As of the end of the reporting period, NavInfo's operating cash flow was 56.2023 million yuan. In addition, the company paid 97 million yuan in equity incentive amortization expenses in the first three quarters. If added back, the company's actual net profit in the first three quarters would be positive.

On the same day, an investor asked NavInfo how the company is currently cooperating with Huawei in the field of autonomous driving. The company replied that it has signed a relevant agreement with Huawei to provide comprehensive data and technical support for its navigation maps and derived application services and its map development platform, and the relevant cooperation is currently going smoothly.