Baidu, One of the World’s Largest Search Engines, Plans to Launch Self-Driving Electric Car That Requires No Human Driving

Not Content With Being One of the Largest Search Engines in the World, Baidu Aims to Launch a Fully Autonomous Electric Car That Does Not Require Human Supervision. The Company Claims It Will Have a High Level of Safety

Baidu, one of the major search engines in the world, has launched a fully autonomous electric car that will not require any type of human supervision, being the largest scale and direction of autonomy in the world. The announcement of the electric car was made last Wednesday (18) at Baidu’s global event, but there were not many details about its launch.

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Electric Car Named Apollo Robocar Will Not Require Human Supervision

Among the information that has been disclosed so far by Baidu, one of the largest search engines in the world, is the announcement by the company’s CEO, Li Yanhong, who promised that the electric car will have a high level of safety when it is in operation.

The level of safety indicated by the executive is compared to the driving of a human driver. Baidu’s electric car will feature various sensors to operate on a high safety basis, in addition to using machine learning and artificial intelligence.

With these tools, the electric car itself will have the ability to evolve its driving modes, surpassing those of ordinary people and without the need for human driving.

Apollo Robocar Promises a Futuristic Design

Among the information provided during Baidu’s event, it was also reported about the futurism that will be present in the design of the innovation created by the company, which will feature a large display on its multimedia panel, where there will also be a user interface, responsible for acting as a media center with artificial intelligence, with internet access and much more.

The electric car, which will not require human supervision, will also include other services, such as scheduling dates and appointments, mentioned by the company’s owner. In addition, the model features a futuristic design where the doors open vertically and has seats only for passengers, reinforcing the idea that no type of human interference will be necessary.

The electric car will also recognize voice commands made by its owner to redirect the destination and execute tasks if necessary. Currently, the company, which is one of the largest search engines, already operates autonomous vehicles in China, such as cars and buses, albeit more common ones that operate with control functions in designated areas.

Meet Baidu

With the mission of making the world simpler through technology, Baidu was founded in 2000 as a search platform, and in 2010 it was the first to use artificial intelligence to make content discovery easier on the internet.

Currently, Baidu is one of the largest search engines and also a leader in artificial intelligence with a solid basis on the internet. It is one of the few companies in the world that offers a complete list of AI solutions, encompassing an infrastructure made of chips, deep learning, essential AI resources, and many more.

In the last two decades, the company has built a portfolio with various products and services with multiple total market opportunities. Each month, its portfolio of solutions and services is accessed by over a billion devices, and its business spans hundreds of millions of users.