SAN JOSE, Calif - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Velodyne the Lidar point cloud, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a sales agreement with Beijing-monk Technology Co., Ltd. (Idriverplus), will be available in the next three years Puck ™ sensor. Chile Walker will use the Velodyne Lidar sensors in its production of commercial autonomous vehicles, including sweepers, passenger and logistics vehicles.
This year, Chile Walker plans in China will be thousands of vehicles driverless electric sweeper "snail white" commercial operation, each vehicle is equipped with two sensors Puck, to ensure the safety and perception. Currently, Chile Walker vehicle is used for cleaning and disinfection of the hospital area to help China's new crown pneumonia war "plague" work.
Chile Walker also developing two autonomous vehicles Solution: Use in a closed car parks and some of the American Society of traveling on the road Engineers (SAE) Class 4 vehicles, as well as for automatic parking (AVP) and follow the highway ( HWP) advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The company's "snail will be to" products will autopilot technology to the logistics industry, aims to provide a safer, better last-mile delivery experience.
Walker Chile is China's first mass-produced products and has access to 1,000 unmanned vehicles unmanned vehicle orders of business. The company's founders have graduated from China's leading research universities, Tsinghua University.
Dr. Walker Zhangde Zhao Zhi, CEO, said: "We chose Velodyne sensors because they offer superior quality and production scale laser radar success we experience in the use of Velodyne Lidar shown that it can deliver the most advanced and performance. Velodyne cooperation will help us achieve the goal of large-scale production of commercial vehicles autopilot. "
Weng Wei, executive director of Velodyne Lidar Asia, said: "Chi Walker has a talented technical team, leading the technology commercialization of their unmanned autonomous vehicles demonstrate how Velodyne Lidar sensors meet the required production and large-scale deployment. scalability requirements. we are confident in the Chinese market, we are proud to work with companies such as Chi Walker, to help them successfully deploy autonomous vehicles. "
Velodyne Puck perception sensors provide a wealth of computer data, provides real-time object detection and free space, in order to ensure safe navigation and reliable operation. Puck is a small, compact laser radar sensor, range up to 100 meters. Its reliability, and power efficiency making it an ideal surround view affordable low-speed automatic pilot application solutions.
About Velodyne Lidar
Velodyne is committed to provide driver assistance and automatic driving intelligent, powerful laser radar solutions. Velodyne is headquartered in San Jose, California, with its breakthrough technology combined laser radar sensor and famous. In 2005, David Hall, founder of Velodyne Lidar system invented view real-time surround, become an integral part of Velodyne Acoustics. Mr. Hall's invention revolutionized the car for a new way to travel, mapping, robotics and security in the field of perception and autonomy. Velodyne high-performance product line includes a wide range of sensing solutions, such as cost-effective Puck ™, multi-functional Ultra Puck ™, autonomous driving higher-order type Alpha Prime ™, optimized Velarray ™ by ADAS and driving auxiliary pioneering software Vella ™.
