百度计划在年小规模生产无人驾驶汽车

Baidu plans to launch "small-scale production" of fully autonomous mini-buses in July of next year, according to Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese tech giant.

据中国科技巨头百度的首席执行官李彦宏透露，百度计划在明年7月进行全自动小型巴士的“小规模生产”。

Baidu also plans to launch self-driving car models in cooperation with manufacturers JAC Motors and Beijing Automotive Industry Corp, Li said during the company's annual technology conference.

李彦宏在该公司的年度技术大会上表示，百度还计划与制造商江淮汽车和北京汽车工业公司合作，推出自动驾驶汽车模型。

By connecting with the "Internet of cars," the driverless vehicles will analyse information on signals and roads to improve traffic efficiency.

通过与车载网络的连接，自动驾驶汽车将能够对各种标识及道路信息进行有效分析，从而提高通行效率。

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to bring better road safety.

人工智能(AI)有望带来更出色的道路安全。

"The monitoring system developed by Baidu can monitor whether a driver is tired or not. If the driver is tired, the system will issue a warning and perk up the driver with a cheerful song," Li gave an example during the conference.

李彦宏在会议上举了一个例子：“百度开发的监控系统可以监控司机是否疲劳。如果司机感到累了，该系统就会发出警告，播放一首振奋的歌曲让司机精神起来。”

Baidu's self-driving project was launched in 2013, featuring functions of precise mapping, positioning and intelligent decision.

百度的自动驾驶项目是在2013年推出的，其功能包含精确地图、定位和智能决策。