He Xiaofei of author of science and technology of * flying pace (left) & combines father Cao Yu (right)
Civil | Zhang Wei
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1000 breathe out 10 thousand call out only then come out, he Xiaofei chooses this to go to the front of the stage from the behind the curtain eventually, discuss oneself project external with the identity of father, and what as it happens of this one project aims at is the freight with fervent instantly nobody drive domain, he plans one pace to reach the designated position implementation L4 class nobody drive.
In the course a few more after the name, he Xiaofei is his new company name " flying pace science and technology " , english is " Fabu Technology " .
Be in probably last year in March, he Xiaofei leaves old boss drop to drip a travel, abandoned dripping dean of a senior vice president, academy and unmanned car business get tribal chief these honor that Ling Renyan admires, return Hangzhou of seat of university of alma mater Zhejiang, fade out of the eye shot of people gradually. But, regard Chinese artificial intelligence as the celebrity of the domain, his tendercy is wide all the time get attention.
Till this year March, poineering project of He Xiaofei rises to surface, attracted coverage of much home media. New wisdom drive abide is worn at that time the office that clew found its company to be located in Hangzhou, confirmed the existence of a such companies, await in those days, the office of flying pace science and technology has had a lot of employee to be worn in business.
The office of pace science and technology flies when *3 month
The government-owned net of flying pace also in those day by exposure, company brief introduction shows at that time: Flying pace held water in August 2017, already won the whole world the support of your kind effort of famous investment orgnaization, carry the car that is based on artificial intelligence algorithm system and soft hardware platform, implementation car is changed to decision-making intelligence from perception, alternant, understanding. Group member comes from the world a lot of and top-ranking college, video of study of machine of technical setting over or across, vision, robot, image, control reachs car project.
After poineering project exposure, him He Xiaofei maintains as before exercise restraint and low-key, reject to discuss oneself company publicly. Nowadays, the time of 3 months goes, perhaps be the opportunity arrived, he is willing to come out to talk about this very mysterious freight eventually nobody drive company.
On June 12 morning, he and associated author Cao Yu appear in the office of innovation workshop together, choose here, because innovation workshop early begins to contact the group of flying pace,be, will undertake to its last year angel annulus invests finally in December, specific amount is unspecified. The investor of the innovation workshop that follow-up invests this expresses, "Gave (He Xiaofei group) enough capital support. "Gave (He Xiaofei group) enough capital support..
AI chip + algorithmic, target L4 nobody drive
Once was in share a drop of travel platform drop to had established nobody to drive the He Xiaofei of the group, did not choose to do like a lot of and other poineering company by with the car nobody drive, however from freight nobody drive the domain is cut. Among them a main reason is, market of road freight transport is enough and huge, rank the world the first, integral market dimensions is controlled in 9 trillion RMB, this tremendous opportunity to unmanned road-sense be born.
There is the He Xiaofei of a suit skill in artificial intelligence domain, after a few when missed PC times, mobile Internet period poineering tide, determination guides a group to be in artificial intelligence tide of triple wave billowy when devote into among them. This also is one of accounts that he chooses to leave a drop at the outset.
According to Introduction He Xiaofei, the content of research and development that place of flying pace science and technology involves includes nobody to drive not only the obligatory course of the domain if technology of fixed position of environmental perception algorithm, map and algorithm of program and control, still incorporate the custom-built chip changing AI that can produce these algorithmic ability acme. Software and hardware comprise the AI technology platform of flying pace science and technology jointly.
Current, flying pace science and technology has been in Sino-US two ground establish a group of research and development, investment drives to research and development of the custom-built chip that change AI and nobody among the job that algorithm optimizes. Flying pace combines father, house of He Xiaofei's old good friend Cao is an ace of domain of circuit of large scale integration, at present the group of he and Silicon Valley is cooperating cheek by jowl, to be about to be in the beginning of the year of the end of the year, next year undertakes drifting this year piece AI chip does a technology to prepare. Flying pace takes seriously very much to the AI chip that grinds oneself, still introduced come from Intel and the top talented person that tell two chip tycoon high to join.
Why should grind oneself vigorously AI chip, is to choose general chip to undertake developing? Freight must be carried here the technical challenge that nobody drive.
Look in He Xiaofei, the automobile body structure of freight traffic compares blind area of inattentive, eye shot big, and, stability and maneuverability are poorer also, bring about do freight nobody drive want to be hard to do by with the car nobody drive. Particular system drives in nobody now van is online to much sensor demarcate, much sensor confluence, much target is optimized decision-making, careful change build the technology such as perception of model and control, close quarters and ability respect to have higher demand.
To answer these challenges, the strategy of flying pace is the design that uses algorithm and special chip unifinication, shorten nobody drive reaction time of the system, implementation car is decision-making answer with pilot instantaneous. He Xiaofei says, the reaction time that this plan institute of flying pace needs will be more general than be based on currently of chip nobody drive the system shortens 10 times, it is human driver the half of time of the shortest reaction.
He Xiaofei tells new wisdom drive, had not flowed because of the AI chip that grinds oneself piece, what at present so flying pace place changes his costume or dress is unmanned drive the general still chip that van uses, basically be in artificial intelligence algorithm the respect undertook optimizing. What they use is pure dynamoelectric car platform, because the line accuses to change one's costume or dress more convenient, and dynamoelectric the trend that changing also is future.
* flying pace nobody drive van
And an aspect is covered in sensor, what flying pace uses still is lidar (Velodyne 64 line) , millimeter wave radar and photograph resemble a such mainstream program. He Xiaofei expresses, flying pace is not met sensor of proper motion research and development, and also won't oneself make car, future or meeting and leader plant undertake deepness cooperates.
According to introducing, these archetypal car had undertaken in the freeway of Hangzhou and other places the road tries: Speed per hour of sunshine fortune travel can achieve 70 kilometers; The moving speed per hour of wet is 50 kilometers; And 20 kilometers are in moving speed per hour of Xue Tian. Because show level to check course of development finite, flying pace interior is collected and the high spirit map that so its use is made, future should be met other partners are joined, devote oneself to the accumulation of map data jointly.
According to the program of flying pace interior, this company should realize city border freight 2018 nobody drive, join is different urban storehouse, carriage course of development is controlled in 200 kilometers; To 2019, should realize the freight inside city nobody drive, the environment is more complex and diversiform; To 2020, will emphasize solve province border freight the technical difficult problem that nobody drive, undertake crossing saving carriage, course of development exceeds 800 kilometers; Arrive finally 2022, what flying pace hopes to come true is general and unmanned drive -- level of full-court scene L4.
Of course, from freight nobody drive cut, do not mean flying pace to stay finally in freight setting only. He Xiaofei tells new wisdom drive, mastered AI chip and artificial intelligence algorithm when them after these core technologies, the system undertakes between different car platform transplanting can come true completely.
Be aimed at future, imagine the space is very large still.
He Xiaofei its person
Because still lie,do poineering work inchoate phase, so He Xiaofei did not disclose too much flying step is concrete the detail of business. About its AI chip, algorithm and high accuracy map, still do not have information of too much detail, show level so the development that we do not have a law to evaluate future of flying pace science and technology. Nevertheless, from He Xiaofei the individual's experience looks, still want more expectation to give this domestic company.
Quanta of media of domestic science and technology Ceng Zhuanchang article introduced He Xiaofei its person, the experience of his associate with makes a person impressive.
According to the report, he Xiaofei ever was Chengdu 7 in " class of integrated maths experiment " strong point is crude, chen Rui of author of station of the Wang Xiaochuan of CEO of dog having search with his classmate, B and currently hold the post ofcolourful to come car vice-president Zhuang Li such industry celebrity.
After this, the outstanding result that recumbent contest obtains, he Xiaofei is recommended short for Zhejiang Province is big. 1999, he and classmate Shen Quan, Yang Zhenyu issued American maths to establish award of INFORMS of award of modular contest special grade for person with power of short for Zhejiang Province, unprecedented. After a year, the He Xiaofei that undergraduate course graduates took the admission notice of Chicago university, obtained computer doctor's degree 2005. During Chicago university study, he Xiaofei devotes oneself to the compose of scientific research and paper, a lot of be mixed by top class conference journal income, for instance such NIPS artificial intelligence the whole world top class conference.
Came 2001 2004 in 3 years, he Xiaofei enters Microsoft Asia academy with trainee identity, division is mixed from Zhang Hongjiang Ma Weiying, obtained in computer vision domain during this not the research achievement of common. 2005, he Xiaofei graduates from Chicago university doctor, it is to go to what Yahoo United States did 2 years first " study a scientist " , return home to hold the position of the orthodoxy of computer science department with big short for Zhejiang Province to award later, become one of home's youngest at that time professors, year only 29 years old.
2015, he Xiaofei joins in drop drop goes out row, hold the position of a drop to give travel platform core to trade engine controller, dominant is designed and developed spell car, trends to move valence, order allocation, transport power to attemper, hot strive, supply and demand is forecasted, the project such as program of intelligent allowance, ETA, method, for whole platform each business line provides full-scale technology support. In April 2016, drop drop alleges formally external machine study academy upgrades to drip to drip academy, announce AI scientist He Xiaofei holds the post of first dean at the same time, later, what he still established drop drop is unmanned drive group.
Last year March, he Xiaofei chooses finally to leave drop, found formally after 5 months flying pace science and technology, in the poineering tide that devotes into artificial intelligence times.
This is a very bright personal details really, reason believes this the portion is bright get probably continueing on body of flying pace science and technology. But the thing that doing poineering work is escape from death, to He Xiaofei same also. [be over]
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