Baidu and Bosch have signed a cooperation agreement in the areas of automated driving, smart mobility, and connected cars. Baidu has also announced it has inked a deal with Continental Corporation for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the area of automated driving.
Baidu and Bosch plan to explore and practice business models, accelerate the commercialization of technologies, and provide system solutions to smart transportation.
Baidu's core technologies for automated driving include environment perception, behavioral prediction, planning and control, on-vehicle hardware, human-machine interaction, localization, and high definition maps. Baidu has introduced a full set of software solutions for automated driving, connected cars, and big data services for automobiles. Baidu has also recently announced a plan to provide its partners with open software, hardware, and service solutions required for automated driving.
Around 3,000 Bosch engineers are currently working on automated driving worldwide. In the future, Bosch plans to actively engage in Baidu's Apollo Project, an open platform for automated driving, by providing sensors, hardware components and the ‘Bosch Road Signature’ for vehicle localization. Baidu and Continental will cooperate in the areas of automated driving, connected cars, and intelligent mobility service. Baidu and Continental plan to explore and practice business models, accelerate the commercialization of certain technologies, and provide system solutions to smart transportation with automated driving at the core.
Continental will provide technologies and software based on cooperative control and systems integration, including Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, sensors required for automated driving. The cooperation will promote the interconnectivity of future automobiles and upgrade the intelligent systems of the automobile industry. The cooperation between Baidu and Continental is expected to support the Chinese automobile industry in the development of core technologies, such as obstacle detection, cooperative control, and intelligent decision-making.
