Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

Lijun Ju

Chengfa Wang

Junping Wang

Fan Yang

Fan Zhu

Junkui Qiao

An autonomous vehicle includes: a plurality of side laser radars respectively provided on a plurality of side portions of the autonomous vehicle, each of the plurality of side laser radars being partially embedded in a corresponding side portion of the plurality of side portions; and a top laser radar provided on a top portion of the autonomous vehicle and configured to obtain environmental information around the autonomous vehicle together with the plurality of side laser radars. By providing the plurality of laser radars, a sensing blind spot of the autonomous vehicle may be avoided.

Autonomous vehicle

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle and a system for the autonomous vehicle. The system may include: a power supply including a first power output and a second power output; a master computing unit arranged to be powered by the first power output, configured to control operations of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting the second power output, and configured to provide a third power output by adjusting the first power output; and a slave computing unit arranged to be powered by the second power output, and configured to control the operations of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting a failure of the master computing unit.

Autonomous vehicle and system for autonomous vehicle

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle and a system for the autonomous vehicle. The system may include a master computing unit configured to control operations of the autonomous vehicle; a slave computing unit communicatively coupled to the master computing unit and configured to control the operations of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting a failure of the master computing unit; at least one lidar configured to acquire environmental information around the autonomous vehicle; and a switch communicatively coupled to the at least one lidar, the master computing unit and the slave computing unit, and configured to provide the environmental information to the master computing unit and the slave computing unit for controlling the autonomous vehicle.

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Beijing, China

Lijun Ju