China News Service, Changchun, January 15 (Sun Boyan) On the 14th, the 2021 China Changchun (International) Driverless Car Ice and Snow Challenge ended.
Some industry experts said that the competition has evaluated the commercial operation capability of unmanned vehicles and the adaptability and durability in the low temperature environment in the north through real scenes. It will improve the core technology level and independent research and development of sensing components, and promote unmanned Driving a car for commercial use has a very important meaning.
This challenge uses typical roads in northeastern China in winter with severe ice and snow as the scene, with smart cars as the contestants, creating a “five-in-one” intelligence that integrates innovation, technology, seasonality, ecology, and appreciation. Connected car races.
The competition lasted for 3 days and was divided into three parts: the minibus ring lake exhibition, the urban ice and snow challenge and the cross-country ice and snow rally.
The finale was a cross-country ice and snow rally.
On the 14th, 13 participating teams determined the starting order by drawing lots.
With the sound of the starting order, each team set off in turn, turning, accelerating, going uphill, crossing snow, and stepping on ice. The top speed reached 70km/h.
Self-driving car in the competition photo by Zhang Yao
If the elegant minibus tour of the lake is full of sense of technology and innovation, then the exciting urban ice and snow challenge reflects the technicality and seasonality, and the tough cross-country ice and snow competition takes into account technical, ecological and ornamental characteristics.
On the same day, the organizers of the event respectively awarded the best commercial value awards, the Urban Ice and Snow Challenge Awards, and the Cross Country Ice and Snow Rally Awards to the relevant teams.
Deng Weiwen, director of the Intelligent Driving Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence, said that smart cars not only provide more optimized solutions for future transportation, but also represent a country's highest industrial capacity and capacity as a high-end equipment manufacturing industry and information integration. technology level.
Deng Weiwen said that he believes that the rapid development of smart cars is coming. With the joint efforts of all sectors of society, smart cars will surely shine in the technological era and make brilliant achievements in the new historical period.
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