Written by:Diomer Antonio Galán Rincón.
Bachelor's Degree.Public Accounting / MSc.Science of Higher Education.
For several years now there have been different companies that have conducted research and testing of self-driving vehicles, so called because they operate without the control and constant supervision of human beings.
The Chinese company Baidu, launched in the first week of May the first Robotaxi service also known as autonomous or driverless cabs as explained by Yunpeng Wang, vice president of the motor section, the robotaxi is called Baidu Apollo and is already available for use by the general public.
Baidu has been developing electronic autonomous vehicles for several years, and to date has more than 400 vehicles with test runs exceeding 12 million kilometers. The company's executives believe that they can already expand the service provision since Baidu Apollo is currently operating in the streets of Shougang Park, as well as being available in Beijing since May 2, 2021, transporting passengers through the streets as a conventional cab service.
This robotaxi is one of the first with bi-directional travel and all-wheel steering, which allows for better maneuverability. It is expected to be used as the main transport for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, but it will not be able to travel through all the streets of Beijing, it will be restricted to the common areas where all the facilities and hotels of the future 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be concentrated.
Users who wish and require the use of Robotaxi go to the stop and call one using the Apollo Go app, there they will be able to indicate on a map where they want to move, when the robotaxi arrives a QR code must be scanned that appears on the cell phone of the caller to confirm that he has canceled the transfer, and another code of the health card, which indicates that the person has been vaccinated against the coronavirus otherwise he will not be able to enjoy the transfer. The vehicle will not be able to move to its destination until the passenger's seat belt is fastened and the doors are closed. Unlike traditional trips, if the passenger goes alone, he/she will have the same silence and tranquility and will not be able to count on the diversity of chats of the cab drivers, among which we have soccer, baseball, passion problems and economic difficulties among others.
The Baidu Apollo robotaxi, will be supported by an autonomous 5G navigation system to receive data from the environment and are supported by different cameras with motion detection distributed by different streets and avenues. The speed reached by these Robotaxi are speeds that do not exceed conventional cars. In addition, they circulate in all lanes of the roads without a specific place, mixing with other conventional vehicles.
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Hello my dear friend @dgalan, it is amazing how artificial intelligence begins to take ground and especially how it adapts to our context, requesting the card to verify if it was vaccinated for the Covid is excellent, especially in the winter games, where there will surely be a lot of influx of people.
See you later my friend, have a great start of the week !
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Greetings @ amestyj, very true your appreciation and little by little artificial intelligence is gaining more ground in the life of human beings in health and service delivery, also making it simple to coexist with it.
Thank you very much for your comments.
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Hello @dgalan, I think I already want to use one of these taxis, I would like to see closely the driving autonomy and the AI complements that make them work, but above all I want to see how they perform in an environment of high vehicular and pedestrian mobility.
See you soon..!
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Greetings @tocho share with you the desire to enjoy one of those Robotaxi services, it must be very exciting to be able to appreciate and enjoy this technology by the busy and hectic roads of Latin American countries. However, it is important that you go accompanied since there is no interaction with anyone inside the vehicle.
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Hello friend @dgalan.
Actually technological advances have no limit and here we can witness this, it would be great to ride in one of these robotaxi, thanks for sharing such interesting content with all of us. Regards.
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Greetings @ rbalzan79 it would be very good to have that technology in our country to the services of the citizens, but we are still far away because the technological part of our country is far below the Asian countries.
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I start to think about the advances that exist in other countries, and at the same time I would like them to be implemented here, however for that to happen the government the first thing to do is fix all the streets of our country, starting with there then the traffic lights and at the same time eudcar all Venezuelans in such a disorderly way to drive.
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Greetings @lanzjoseg certainly we are far from having these technologies to serve the country, as there are many problems with the services as you say of roads, traffic lights and even more the way Venezuelans drive, not to mention the Zulianos like me hehehehehehehe that we have no comparison.
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Hello friend @dgalan, it is amazing to see how technology makes things easier, these robotaxis are an important step towards the means of transport of the future I am sure we will soon see these robotaxis in other countries providing a quality service to tourists.
Thanks for sharing this post.
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Greetings @carlir, technologies have been increasing their power to solve problems worldwide and transportation does not escape from them. They are good advances that help significantly to the world.....
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