Alibaba, RoboSense announce world’s first solid-state LiDAR-equipped unmanned logistics vehicle

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Alibaba Group's Cainiao Network and RoboSense, jointly launched G Plus, the world’s first solid-state LiDAR-equipped unmanned logistics vehicle at the 2018 Global Smart Logistics Summit (GSLS) on May 31. This is the first time that solid-state LiDAR has been applied in unmanned vehicles.

The G plus carries three units of RS-LiDAR-M1Pre, developed by RoboSense, the Chinese leading environmental perception solutions provider of autonomous driving LiDAR, to ensure powerful 3D perception for driving. This enables the driving system to identify and clearly “see” the shape, distance, azimuth, driving speed and direction of such obstacles as pedestrians, cars, trucks, etc. on its running way. Meanwhile, solid-state LiDAR allows a vehicle to know the right areas for driving, thus ensuring smooth vehicle current in complicated traffic environment.

At the GSLS, Cainiao Network announced the unmanned logistics plan, dubbed “Hump” (Tuofeng, in Chinese), to promote the mass production of unmanned vehicles with partners such as RoboSense, FAW Jiefang, Beihang University, etc.

RoboSense has currently formed partnership with Cainiao Network to offer solid-state LiDAR to unmanned logistics vehicles of Alibaba's subsidiary. Reportedly, the use of LiDAR will slash production cost of unmanned logistics vehicle so as to guarantee the vehicle large-scale production.