Send medicine and vegetables! The outstanding performance of autonomous driving technology in the epidemic situation is ...

20 19, car companies talk about autonomous driving for one year. However, at present, most models in production cars can only be equipped with L2 driver assistance system, which is different from the expected automatic driving scenario. For many people, autonomous driving is actually a very distant technology, because in practical application, autonomous driving is restricted by too many fields, and a technology in any field may fall into a bottleneck, which leads to the development of autonomous driving.

However, in this epidemic, there is no shortage of "autonomous driving" technology in many fields. Perhaps it is in the aisle of the hospital, perhaps in the scenes of various streets and communities, or even in a courier station. These figures either undertake the heavy responsibility of transporting materials, or send express delivery to residents, or silently disinfect the streets. It can be said that it is these figures that make our "zero contact advocacy" better implemented.

Unmanned logistics transport vehicle? : Express delivery and food delivery are not a problem.

Unmanned logistics transport vehicle, as its name implies, is an unmanned vehicle that can transport materials. However, due to the current technology, the load, route planning and speed of these vehicles are limited. For example, in the epidemic area of Wuhan, the unmanned logistics delivery vehicle invested by JD.COM is responsible for transporting medical materials such as masks and protective clothing between hospitals, with a daily delivery volume of 10~20 orders. At the same time, in rural areas such as Hebei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, etc., some Jingdong Logistics UAVs have also started distribution work.

In addition to materials and express delivery, Wuhan also has a postal "Hanma" unmanned delivery vehicle, which has well undertaken the delivery task of Xiantao Municipal Government and its directly affiliated units. It is reported that this kind of car can deliver nearly 100 mails a day, which is more efficient than manual delivery. The courier only needs to sort the mail and newspapers and put them in the car, and the car will complete the delivery along the established route.

At the same time, similar technology applications have also appeared in other urban areas. For example, in Shandong, there are unmanned logistics vehicles, which are responsible for the transportation of fruits and vegetables between residential areas and supermarkets, with a capacity as high as 1500kg/ trip. In hospitals or isolation points in Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Zhejiang and other places, there are many distribution robots that deliver medicines, deliver meals and recycle medical waste.

Unmanned special vehicle: easy to clean and disinfect.

If the advantage of logistics transport vehicles is to avoid contact between people, then the driverless vehicles mentioned below are mainly used in public utilities. During the epidemic, in Futian District, Shenzhen, an unmanned sanitation sweeper with black, gray and green reflective paint was officially "on duty". It is reported that this car is enough to replace sanitation workers for outdoor cleaning, cleaning, watering and garbage collection.

In Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island, Shanghai, Baidu Apollo's ecological partner, the Neolithic Age, has also put the self-driving disinfection vehicle into practical application. This self-driving disinfection vehicle can be equipped with 160L disinfectant, and self-propelled spray disinfection can be carried out at a speed of 5km/h, covering 3-5 meters. At present, similar self-driving disinfection vehicles have been put into use in Shanghai, Shandong, Jiangxi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Guangzhou and other places.

In addition, in some large public transportation places such as stations and airports in first-tier cities, there are also self-driving cars that undertake temperature measurement, broadcasting and remote visual command. The functions of these cars are relatively simple, and there have been similar application cases before, but in this epidemic, they are undoubtedly more useful.

Autopilot in an epidemic may change the rhythm.

Before this epidemic, we always thought that autonomous driving should serve the field of private cars. However, in this epidemic, some simplified applications of autonomous driving have appeared in many fields, and from the actual effect, the task of this self-driving car has been completed quite beautifully. I believe that the development of autonomous driving in 2020 will be a great breakthrough.

At this stage, it is not a dream to complete L3 or L4 autopilot in a closed place. It is precisely because of this that these self-driving cars can walk from the closed test site to the real place without leaving home and undertake tasks in various fields. It can be seen that under the condition of reasonable path planning and good road environment, the practical application scope of autonomous driving may be wider than we thought.

At present, in some cities, such as Guangzhou, there have been operating cases of driverless taxis. Although these taxis are still in the demonstration operation stage, considering that the use scenarios of taxis are complicated, they have not been widely popularized. However, in some communities, companies or institutions, can the delivery, transportation and cleaning of similar self-driving cars be widely popularized? From the current point of view, this possibility is actually not small.

The SARS in 2003 made everyone realize the convenience of e-commerce and could "buy everything" without leaving home. And after this novel coronavirus in 2020, which industry will develop rapidly? I dare not assert that autonomous driving will flourish. After all, compared with the business operation mode of e-commerce, autonomous driving technology is a complex system engineering, involving more aspects. But I believe that after this battle, autonomous driving technology will surely usher in a new development direction and application direction.

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