The former relies on visual imaging, which will inevitably have great performance requirements for chip computing power. At present, apart from the FSD neural network chip developed by Tesla, there is no hardware supplier for mass production. In this way, for most self-driving car companies and suppliers, lidar has become the first choice to achieve autonomous driving. Looking around, there are many laser radar products with high line number and short line number in the market.
Local time 65438+20201October 7 International Consumer Electronics Show (International? Consumers? Electronic? The exhibition (CES) kicked off in Las Vegas, USA. At this year's CES, Jose Technology officially released its self-developed ultra-wide-angle short-range lidar-PandarQt. This heavy new product attracted a lot of attention as soon as it was released, not only because Jose gained a leading market share in the robot taxi industry, but also because PandarQT was Jose's first attempt to develop a product with unique performance and relatively low price, and walked out of his comfort zone of "high performance and high cost". The suggested retail price of PandarQT on Line 64 is set at $4,999.
Small and beautiful blind-supplementing weapon
Whether the newly born PandarQT is really so powerful, we might as well use data to speak. As a 64-line ultra-wide-angle short-range radar, its main performance includes:
1. Excellent approaching ability: the minimum detectable distance is 0. 1? M, can accurately perceive close-range objects and solve the problem of close-range blind spots of vehicles;
2.？ Ultra-wide field of view: on the basis of keeping the horizontal field of view 360, the vertical field of view reaches104.2 (-52.1~+52.1), which can cover the close blind area to the greatest extent;
3.？ Meet the ranging ability of various scenes: 30m@20% ranging ability, which can not only meet the requirements of obstacle avoidance in blind areas of automatic driving, but also meet the requirements of scene perception in low-speed logistics applications;
4.？ Excellent angular resolution: on the basis of large field of view, the best vertical angular resolution 1.45 and horizontal angular resolution 0.6 are still guaranteed;
5.？ Complete anti-jamming: use Jose's unique anti-jamming technology to avoid misjudgment of obstacles caused by other radar interference;
6.？ Support PTP and car Ethernet: greatly simplify cables and provide a better experience.
7.？ Small size, low power consumption, convenient installation and beautiful appearance. At present, the power consumption of blind area radar in the market is generally more than ten watts, while the power consumption of PandarQT is only 8 watts.
In addition, in terms of quality, PandarQT not only passed strict factory performance tests such as precision and ranging, but also passed multi-dimensional reliability tests such as vibration, drop, temperature, humidity, aging and electrical, and the stability of the product was fully guaranteed. In fact, the blind area of a single traditional long-range lidar installed on the roof is about 5- 10 meter (no laser beam or small coverage of laser beam), which may lead to vehicle collision and even serious accidents.
For autonomous driving, the size of the blind area affects the whole body. As a super blind patching tool, the birth of PandarQT has brought good news to the industry. So that autonomous driving began to enter the city and garage from test sites and highways, and it was in close contact with people. At this year's CES, Jose Technology also recommended Pandar64 to customers. The splicing scheme of +PandarQT, with the help of Pandar64' s ultra-long distance detection ability and PandarQT's ultra-short distance blind compensation ability, will bring perfect vision for autonomous driving.
"Ace Force" in Lidar Field
From the company's history, Jose Science and Technology, which was established in Shanghai on 20 14, is still very young. But in today's era, youth cannot be completely equated with "deficiency". It has only been established for more than six years, and it has come to the forefront of the laser radar industry with its self-developed micro-vibration mirror and waveform encryption technology. At present, it has more than 200 patented technologies, and its customers cover the whole world.
At present, more than 80% of enterprises in the world choose lidar provided by Jose Technology for self-driving test vehicles. From the market point of view, the hard power of Jose technology not only stays in the patented technology, but also has been recognized by the actual market sales in the industry.
Looking at all the product lines of Jose Technology, we can find that the laser radar products of Jose Technology are not very rich, but the popularity and recognition of a few products in the radar market far exceed other similar products.
In the field of international autonomous driving, both the Laifu unmanned test vehicle and the Nuro unmanned carrier vehicle chose the laser radar provided by Jose Technology for the first time. And wosai technology has also proved its tenacity with real hard scientific and technological strength.
Looking back at the domestic market, in September of 20 19, Baidu officially announced in Changsha that it would open the first trial operation of Robotaxi to ordinary citizens in China. The self-driving vehicle used in the trial operation is equipped with the star product Panda 40 P provided by Jose Technology.
Another "star" product of Jose, Pandar64, is a 64-line laser radar designed by Jose Technologies for advanced autonomous driving. It has an ultra-long detection distance of 200 meters (10% reflectivity) and scanning line distribution optimized for automatic driving, reaching the minimum vertical angle resolution of 0. 167 of all laser radars on the market. It has complete anti-interference ability.
In the actual driving experience, Robotaxi equipped with Pandar40P and Pandar64 has fully automatic driving capability. Whether it's automatic overtaking or actively avoiding traffic participants, you can still see the changes of traffic lights and waiting time in advance even if the vehicle in front is blocked.
In addition, as early as 20 17, Jose and Baidu jointly released Pandora, a multi-sensor fusion suite, which is also the only environment-aware suite on Baidu Apollo platform.
It looks quite "young", and it firmly occupies the ace position in the field of laser radar by far exceeding the scientific and technological hard power of similar enterprises. In-depth cooperation with global autonomous driving companies has also enabled Jose Technology to accumulate a deep technical foundation in the field of autonomous driving.
It is also the in-depth cooperation with autonomous driving companies that has also promoted Jose Technology to continue to deepen its cultivation in the direction of promoting autonomous driving. Some experts in the industry have said that the traditional mechanical radar has strict requirements on the working environment because of its large hardware volume, which will hinder the process of autonomous driving.
Faced with the existence of this objective fact, Jose Science and Technology discovered while developing mechanical radar, and resolutely rushed out of the "comfort zone" of the advantages of mechanical radar, further pushing the door of the next era of laser radar with profound scientific and technological hard power.
In 20 19, Jose science and technology officially launched its third-generation solid-state lidar PandarGT? 3.0, the release of this solid-state lidar directly pushed Wosai Technology to the position of "the cusp of the wind" and rewritten a new chapter in the application history of lidar in the field of autonomous driving.
The layout depth of the company in the traditional mechanical radar field has been described in detail in the last article, and there are very few companies that can be second to none in the whole international laser radar field. And with the new generation of solid-state radar PandarGT? With the launch of 3.0, Jose Technology once again climbed to the top of the industry pyramid with its strong scientific and technological hard power.
2020 will be the year when autonomous driving technology will explode, when the hardware supply market related to autonomous driving will explode. At present, the "fate" of traditional lidar has reached the final stage. The Woseco technology, which has a deep layout in the lidar industry, will have a great possibility to lead the entire autonomous driving supply system.
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