BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Recently, QCraft released the 3rd-generation hardware based on its �Driven-by-QCraft solution. The sensor suite provides compact features of multiple types of advanced high-precision sensors to achieve 360-degree blind spot-free perception with solid stability and real-time performance. As a safety guarantee, every module including sensors, computing platform, power system and communication system are designed with full redundancy.
Most importantly, NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip (SoC) will be adopted by QCraft to boost the next-generation of the Driven-by-QCraft solution. Armed with NVIDIA Orin, QCraft expects to accelerate the progress of its L4 autonomous driving solution to achieve automotive-grade and commercialization.
A hardware solution designed to support multi-vehicle, multi-scenario and multi-city road operations
QCraft currently operates a fleet of around 100 autonomous driving vehicles, powered by the same hardware solution. Up to now, the fleet has reached ten cities globally, including in the Silicon Valley in the U.S., Beijing, Shenzhen, Suzhou and other major cities in China. This hardware solution has been powering ten types of vehicles and is capable of coping with all sorts of scenariosurban congestion, storms and tunnels, to name a fewwith high sophistication.
As the pioneer of robobus in China, Longzhou ONE, QCraft’s first robobus for public roads, has been operated in six cities, including Suzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Wuhan, Wuxi and Chongqing, comprising the largest fleet of its kind in China.
In 2020, QCraft launched China’s first 5G robobus project that achieve regular operation in Suzhou. One year later, the company is now expanding its footprint with the launch of a ride-hailing 5G robobus project in the downtown area of Wuxi. By deploying robobuses and three bus routes totaling 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) in the city, QCraft’s initial service connects major shopping centers and subway stations to residential communities, within a region of about 10 square kilometers in the busiest area of the city.
“Driven-by-QCraft”, the powerful autonomous driving solution, supports the firm’s rapidly responsive implementation. This solution has two modules: Onboard Software and Onboard Hardware.
The hardware solution has been developed correspondingly to realize the application of software technology. QCraft owns the full tech stacks for onboard software, including perception, mapping & localization, route planning & decision making, and controlling. The seamless compatibility of hardware and software enables quick deployment and wide applications for different urban scenarios and vehicle models.
The widespread adoption of Longzhou vehicles continuously generates massive amounts of data. Therefore, the capacity to autonomously and efficiently collect and use the data plays a crucial role in accomplishing a rapid advancement of autonomous driving technology. QCraft Dataflow Platform accelerates the autonomous driving development by automating large-scale data collection, cleaning and labeling, as well as by facilitating a data-driven and simulation-based verification and evaluation process that spans all development stages.
Taking safety as the red line
Multi-sensor fusion: 360-degree blindspot-free perception
In order to more stably perceive information of traffic participants, QCraft adopts a multi-sensor fusion method in constructing a sensor system that can achieve 360-degree perception, without blind spots. This multi-sensor fusion suite can be easily deployed and upgraded with the modular design, including two long-range measurement lidars (main lidar), three short-range blind spot-filling lidars (blind spot area lidar), four millimeter-wave radars, nine cameras and one IMU set.
Computing platform: Three levels of mutual redundancy design
Power system: Comprehensive power-path delamination and protection design
Build for scaling up
Multi-sensor fusion suite: Suitable for different models, and cost-controllable
Computing platform: Aiming to achieve auto grade
The custom-on-demand “Driven-by-QCraft” solution targets for efficiently deploying autonomous vehicles across a plurality of settings. Longzhou autonomous vehicles rolled out by QCraft can be applied to many scenarios, including online ride-hailing, buses and shuttle cars.
When intelligent, connected vehicles evolve away from just private ownership in favor of shared mobility, robotaxis move towards new formats, providing larger space and greener mobility services. To create a more forward-looking robotaxi, QCraft has started from robobus, exploring new forms that are more applicable to shared mobility.
Moreover, QCraft also provides customers with the toolchain for autonomous driving technology research and development. It helps clients with their data-driven algorithm development, which can quickly improve their autonomous driving systems based on their own data closed loop.
Looking to the future, QCraft plans to apply “Driven-by-QCraft” to more smart transport scenarios, along with more Longzhou models and sustainable tech advancements, aiming to finally make autonomous driving a reality.
About QCraft
Founded in 2019, QCraft, a world-leading provider of self-driving solutions, has developed autonomous driving vehicles under the Longzhou brand, which is in operation across many cities in China. The Longzhou autonomous vehicles can be applied to urban public roads, ride-hailing services, and diverse scenarios. For OEMs and other partners, QCraft also provides a toolchain for R&D in autonomous driving to facilitate their acquisition of closed-loop data.
With the vision of making a difference with technology and breaking boundaries with intelligent driving, QCraft works closely with partners from urban transportation, mobility, automobile industries, among others, to bring autonomous driving into reality and offer more secure, efficient, low-carbon travel options.
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