BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SenseTime,
China's leading artificial
intelligence company, announced
today they have signed a long-term
development agreement with Japanese car manufacturer Honda to build
smart AI cars with autonomous driving. The partnership will
leverage Honda's vehicle control system with SenseTime's AI
algorithms to jointly create an autonomous driving solution. The
two companies also announced they
will work together to develop robot technology.
Rooted in computer vision technologies,
autonomous driving solutions can be deployed even in the
absence of high-resolution maps, allowing them to cover an even
wider array of driving conditions. When a vehicle is driving
without a detailed map covering its trajectory, for example, it
will still be able to use the self-driving function. This
autonomous driving solution offers great advantages to a variety of
passenger vehicle scenarios and will also lower transducer
manufacturing costs.
SenseTime Japan CEO Lao Shihong said, "Safety is
the utmost priority when it
comes to driving, and it also constitutes the core of our
autonomous driving solution. By combining SenseTime's strengths in
computer vision technologies with Honda's superior vehicle control
technologies, we will together enable a safe and pleasant
autonomous driving experience. Moreover, the fact that SenseTime
provides core technology to a global enterprise like Honda marks a
milestone."
A fast up-and-coming field, autonomous driving is levying new,
extremely high standards on AI algorithms and development platforms
as it requires extraordinary technologies to deliver such a
solution. SenseTime, with a set of core technologies and patents
for autonomous driving, has also developed chips and embedded
systems for smart AI cars. The partnership between SenseTime and
Honda is expected to accelerate the research
of developement of smart AI cars.
About SenseTime
SenseTime is a leading Chinese artificial intelligence company focused on computer
vision and deep learning technologies. Besides from its
technological strengths, SenseTime has achieved commercial
successes. It has powered many industries such as finance,
security, smart phone, mobile Internet, robotics, and automobile
with core computer vision technologies including face recognition,
video analysis, character recognition, and autonomous driving.
SenseTime boasts more than 400 leading customers and strategic
partners including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, China Mobile, UnionPay, HNA,
Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Weibo, and iFLYTEK.
Following its latest US$410
million series B round of financing (which set the
then-record for a single round of funding in the AI field),
SenseTime has allocated more resources to developing autonomous
driving, intelligent medical treatment, and deep learning computer
chips.
With offices in Hong Kong,
Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Kyoto, and Tokyo, SenseTime has attracted top talents
around the world to build a world-leading technology company – from
China, for the world. For more
information, please visit SenseTime's website, WeChat and
Weibo.
About Honda
Honda is a global company with a high level of know-how and
skills on mobility, including automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft,
power products and robotics as businesses.
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