{"id":126555,"date":"2021-08-20T22:23:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T05:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/baidu-apollo-unveils-autonomous-vehicle-with-no-steering-wheel-or-pedals"},"modified":"2021-08-20T22:23:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T05:23:02","slug":"baidu-apollo-unveils-autonomous-vehicle-with-no-steering-wheel-or-pedals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/baidu-apollo-unveils-autonomous-vehicle-with-no-steering-wheel-or-pedals","title":{"rendered":"Baidu Apollo unveils autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/baidu-apollo-unveils-autonomous-vehicle-with-no-steering-wheel-or-pedals.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baidu\u2019s autonomous driving unit, Apollo, has developed a new vehicle capable of Level 5 vehicle autonomy, meaning the car requires no human intervention during operation. Notably, it has no steering wheel, gas pedal, or brake pedal, signifying that drivers are completely unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201crobocar,\u201d as Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li called it, was showcased during a livestream event on Wednesday. It is equipped with two passenger seats, a large curved screen, an intelligent console, and electrochromic glass with varying tints based on natural brightness. This follows Apollo\u2019s showcase of its <a data-type=\"post\" data-slug=\"baidu-apollo-and-arcfox-team-up-for-robotaxi-service-inspired-by-moon-landings\" href=\"https:\/\/kr-asia.com\/baidu-apollo-and-arcfox-team-up-for-robotaxi-service-inspired-by-moon-landings\/\">Moon model<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Apollo indicated that the new vehicle will incorporate machine learning to analyze passengers\u2019 needs and respond to verbal commands. In some scenarios, the system may even anticipate demands made by people in the vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baidu\u2019s autonomous driving unit, Apollo, has developed a new vehicle capable of Level 5 vehicle autonomy, meaning the car requires no human intervention during operation. Notably, it has no steering wheel, gas pedal, or brake pedal, signifying that drivers are completely unnecessary. The \u201crobocar,\u201d as Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li called it, was showcased [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}