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On August 11, Xiaomi Group officially announced the research and development progress of Xiaomi's autonomous driving technology. This is also the first time Xiaomi officially disclosed the preparation details of some technologies and personnel in 500 days after the official announcement of entering the smart electric vehicle industry on March 30 last year. .

Up to now, Xiaomi has invested 3.3 billion yuan in research and development in the first phase of autonomous driving, and has established a top-level research and development team of over 500 people. The medium and long-term industrial layout of the field.

At the press conference, Xiaomi also released a live video of the road test of its autonomous driving technology, fully demonstrating its autonomous driving technology algorithm and full-scene coverage capabilities.

Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said that Xiaomi's self-driving technology adopts a full-stack self-developed technology layout strategy, and the project has made more than expected progress.

Invested 3.3 billion R&D expenses in the first phase, recruited talents, and deployed the whole industry chain

Self-driving technology is the key to the success of smart cars. Since Xiaomi announced its entry into the smart electric car industry, it has chosen to enter the field of autonomous driving, which is the most technically difficult, through heavy investment, the formation of top teams, and the upstream and downstream layout of industrial investment, etc. The three major initiatives went hand in hand to achieve a key breakthrough from zero to one.

Lei Jun revealed that the first phase of Xiaomi's autonomous driving project invested 3.3 billion research and development expenses, and the size of the exclusive team has exceeded 500. By the end of this year, the overall size of the team is expected to exceed 600 people.

It is reported that since the official announcement of the production of the car, Xiaomi Auto’s autonomous driving team has attracted many top talents in the industry to join. At present, in the team of 500 people, 50 top experts form the backbone team, and Boshuo accounts for more than 70%, covering sensors. , chips, perception and regulation algorithms, simulation technology, high-precision maps, high-precision positioning, toolchain, training capabilities and other full-stack technologies for autonomous driving. background.

Xiaomi also wholly acquired the autonomous driving startup Shendong Technology, focusing on enriching the technology and personnel strength related to autonomous driving.

At the same time, Xiaomi is also committed to the medium and long-term industrial chain layout in the field of autonomous driving, and has invested in more than ten upstream and downstream enterprises in the field of autonomous driving, involving autonomous driving solutions, core sensors, core actuators, and domain controllers. The total amount exceeds 2 billion yuan.

Full-stack self-developed algorithm, entering the first camp in the industry in 2024

At the beginning of Xiaomi's autonomous driving technology, it formulated a technology layout strategy for full-stack self-developed algorithms, covering the core technology fields of autonomous driving such as perception prediction, high-precision positioning, decision-making and planning, and built a self-developed data closed-loop system to drive the core efficiently. Algorithms and product function iterations.

In the real-shot video of the autonomous driving road test disclosed by Xiaomi, the test vehicle has achieved accurate, safe and intelligent automatic assisted driving in multiple driving scenarios such as automatic U-turn without protection, automatic round-the-island detour, and automatic descent of continuous ramps. Experience, the effect is amazing.

By focusing on the parking scene, Xiaomi's autonomous driving team announced that it will innovate and launch an integrated intelligent parking solution, covering "reserved parking spaces", "autonomous valet parking", "automatic robotic arm charging" and other functions , In the future, other parking lot services will be opened, and under the premise of complying with relevant national laws and regulations, the integration of intelligent and service-oriented experience will be realized.

Lei Jun said that the first phase of Xiaomi's autonomous driving technology plans to have 140 test vehicles, which will be tested across the country one after another, with the goal of entering the first camp in the industry in 2024.

In just over a year, Xiaomi's autonomous driving technology has achieved a leap-forward breakthrough from scratch and has become a cutting-edge force that has attracted much attention in the industry. For the research and development of autonomous driving technology, in addition to an exclusive team of more than 500 people, there is also strong support from multiple collaborative teams such as the artificial intelligence laboratory, the Xiaoai team, and the mobile phone camera department to jointly create a technology-led autonomous driving experience.