Tsinghua AI Association of International Students (TAIS) news roundup 26 November
Chinese robotaxi developer WeRide has completed 147,128 trips and chauffeured over 60,000 passengers safely to their destinations in its first year of service — which still includes a backup driver — in the southern city of Guangzhou. [KrASIA]
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio has relaunched its homegrown Level 4 self-driving technology research and development project, which enables fully autonomous driving. [KrASIA]
The number of IoT (Internet of Things) devices connected to Xiaomi’s AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) platform grew by 35.8% to 289.5 million, and its AI assistant Xiao’Ai had 78.4 million Monthly Active Users (MAU) in September 2020. [Pandaily]
China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is accelerating its synergy with new technologies such as blockchain, the Internet of Things and AI. [Ecns.cn]
Tencent Robotics X Lab has announced new developments in mobile robot research — the four-legged mobile robot Jamoca. The company displayed robodog Jamoca walking on Chinese quincuncial piles like Kung Fu masters. [Synced]
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