On the 513th day of the official announcement, the concept car ROBO-01 made its debut

On June 8, Jidu held its first brand conference ROBODAY in Metaverse Xiyang, officially releasing its first car robot concept car ROBO-01.

Jidu concept car ROBO-01, picture source: Jidu

Judging from the released information, it mainly shows the design sense of this coupe SUV and its highlights in intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit.

In terms of body design, traditional door handles and other complex components have been cancelled, and the front and rear rows are equipped with butterfly-wing doors and carriage doors, respectively, and a non-marking side window design is adopted.The internal 3D unbounded integrated large screen, which runs through the design of the main and auxiliary drivers, can provide an immersive audio-visual experience.In addition, the whole car also cancels the physical buttons such as the shift lever, left and right levers, and is equipped with 0-gravity seats, AI pixel lights, etc.

The body of ROBO-01 is also equipped with a number of active deformable structures, including the "jump-light" liftable lidar on the front cover, the active liftable rear wing at the rear, a retractable U-shaped steering wheel, and a liftable satellite speaker.

The front cover can lift the lidar and the steering wheel in the folded state. Image source: Jidu

At the same time, in terms of intelligent hardware, this car is also equipped with Qualcomm's fourth-generation intelligent cockpit chip 8295 chip and two NVIDIA autopilot chips Orin X. The AI ​​computing power of the vehicle is 538TOPS, which can meet high-end autonomous driving and support Immersive 3D interaction.

On the perception kit, ROBO-01 is equipped with 31 off-board sensors, including 2 lidars, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, and 12 cameras.

"Vision + LiDAR" autonomous driving solution, image source: Jidu

Based on the innovative SIMUCar (software integrated simulation prototype) R&D process and the self-developed intelligent architecture JET for high-level autonomous driving, the software development of intelligent driving and intelligent cabin is integrated.Therefore, from Baidu's official announcement of the car at the beginning of last year, it has only launched its first concept car in 513 days.

According to Jidu, ROBO-01 adopts its first "vision + dual lidar" automatic driving dual system. The two systems not only maintain independent operation, but also backup and cooperate with each other to ensure driving safety to the greatest extent.

JET-SOA fusion computing power, image source: Jidu

Inheriting the technical advantages of Baidu Apollo in autonomous driving, it is not necessary to say more about the intelligent driving ability of Jidu, but building a car is a complicated problem.

As Xia Yiping, CEO of Jidu, said: "Building a car from nothing is just the part of the iceberg exposed above the sea level. Under the sea, it includes factories,production capacitycoordination, supply chain management, building sales channels, and delivery centers. The complexity of these things goes beyond even developing the car itself.”

It is worth mentioning that a strong supply chain guarantee is the basis for car manufacturing, and this collection also revealed its mature "circle of friends".

Jidu "Circle of Friends", picture source: Jidu

It is reported that Jidu plans to officially launch a limited edition of its first mass-produced model in the fall of 2022.The mass-produced model has 90% similarity with the ROBO-01 concept car, and there should not be much changes in appearance and size, but the details may be adjusted according to factors such as mass production, cost, and car regulations.

The price of the mass-produced car was not mentioned at the conference, but at Baidu's first quarter 2022 earnings conference, Baidu CEO Li Yanhong once revealed that the target market for mass-produced cars is family cars, and the product pricing is at About 200,000 yuan.

In addition, Jidu will also release the design of its second mass-produced model at this year's Guangzhou Auto Show."Considering Baidu's industry-leading intelligent driving technology, we are confident of winning a place in the tram market," Robin Li said earlier.