Gasgoo Awards 2022 applicant: L4 autonomous driving universal software and hardware platform from WeRide

For the Gasgoo Awards 2022, L4 autonomous driving universal software and hardware platform from WeRide has applied for the Top 100 Players of China's New Automotive Supply Chain. 

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Product: L4 autonomous driving universal software and hardware platform

Description

The platform is made up of four parts, namely lidar camera system, WeRide ONE solution, fully safety redundancy design, automatic big data platform. It has been adapted to 4 innovative autonomous driving products.

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1）LCS Sensor Integration Solution: modular, configurable, adaptive.

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2）WeRide ONE: a universal self-driving solution for comprehensive open urban roads.

3） Fully Safety Redundancy Design: the comprehensive AD safety solution that covers sensors, compute units, DBW (drive-by-wire) and network connection.

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4） Automatic Big Data Platform: automatic data collection, processing and deployment

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5） It has been adapted to 4 innovative autonomous driving products:

The platform offers an all-rounded product mix of Robotaxi, Mini Robobus, Robovan and Robo Street Sweeper to provide multiple services including online ride-hailing, on-demand transport, urban logistics and smart environmental services.

Technology

WeRide ONE

WeRide has developed WeRide ONE, a universal self-driving solution that supports self-driving under different scenarios and weather conditions on open urban roads, including CBDs, highways, urban villages, tunnels, snowy and rainy weather conditions. It is independent of underlying hardware configuration or ODDs (Operational Design Domains). Such a general solution provides much higher level of scalability when deploying in large areas. WeRide ONE has been verified extensively in both China and the US. WeRide’s autonomous mileage has reached more than 11,000,000 kilometers (as of May 2022).

WeRide Sensor Suite 4.0

Through highly integrated sensors, WeRide Sensor Suite 4.0

achieves a significant reduction in size compared to its predecessor. The product is one sixth the size of the last generation and occupies less than 0.4 square meters of roof area, allowing passengers to enjoy the vehicle’s sunroof. Suite 4.0 has a net weight of 13 kilograms, which is just 20 percent of the weight of the previous model and is the lightest sensor suite among the industry.

4 innovative autonomous driving products

WeRide Mini Robobus

China’s first fully driverless mini Robobus created for public road operation; Jointly developed by WeRide and Yutong Group; Purpose-built model with no steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals; Red Dot Design Award 2021 winner; Speed limit up to 40km/h, over 200km per charge

WeRide Robotaxi

Equipped with WeRide’s full-stack software and hardware solutions; Provide safe and stable self-driving experience on open urban roads, highways, tunnels and even in the urban villages, where traffic rules barely applied in their congested streets; Speed limit up to 115km/h

WeRide Robovan

Based on battery electric vehicle model with fully redundant vehicle platform; Empowered by WeRide’s full-stack software and hardware AD solutions; Advancing the design of purpose-built models for mass production on customized assembly lines; Enabling faster and even more convenient delivery services

WeRide Robo Street Sweeper

Robo Street Sweeper is created for city-level environmental services under a strategic collaboration between WeRide and Yutong Group. First of its kind in the sweeper industry, the Robo Street Sweeper features an unprecedented cockpit-free design without a steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals. This EV has a fully redundant chassis and is powered by WeRide’s leading L4 autonomous driving solution, enabling safe, fully driverless and all-day available operations. Under the self-driving mode, the fleet is able to perform comprehensive environmental services, such as sweeping, sprinkling and disinfection spraying.

Prospect

Driverless solution makes mobility and transportation safer, more affordable and accessible.  It plays an important role in building the future of smart cities.