Baidu launches autonomous vehicle travel service platform "Robot Run", and the blueprint for autonomous driving is finally implemented

On August 18, the 15th Baidu World Conference 2021 was officially held. At this conference, Baidu focused on showcasing its latest application results in artificial intelligence in travel, life, industry, independent innovation technology and other fields.

Sa Beining, a famous CCTV host, joined the conference as CCTV's special "AI Experience Officer" and served as the host of the conference.

Baidu founder, chairman and CEO Robin Li officially announced Baidu's driverless car travel service platform "LuoBoKuaiPao" at the conference. The platform plans to enter 30 cities in China within three years.

LuoBoKuaiPao embodies Apollo's operations and technological accumulation over the past two years. It will provide the public with commercial operations and value-added services based on driverless technology, and accelerate the popularization of unmanned travel technology.

Li Yanhong said that the purpose of Jidu Auto, established by Baidu and Geely, is to deploy Baidu's driverless technology in travel services, and Jidu Auto will become the hardware carrier for Baidu's driverless taxi business blueprint.

It is reported that as of the first half of 2021, Baidu Apollo's autonomous driving travel business, which has been opened in the four cities of Beijing, Guangzhou, Changsha and Cangzhou, has served more than 400,000 passengers in total, with a test mileage of 14 million kilometers, and has applied for more than 2,900 patents in the field of autonomous driving.

In addition, Li Yanhong also proposed the concept of "automobile robot" for the first time at this conference and announced the Apollo "automobile robot" concept product.

The product features automatic gull-wing doors and a full glass roof. There are no steering wheels, pedals or other control devices inside the car. It also has intelligent features such as an extra-large screen, dimming glass, and zero-gravity seats.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.