AUTONOMOUS DRIVING IS THE FUTURE
One of the highlights at Golden Dragon’s stand is our autonomous
driving bus—ASTAR. We believe that in the future, autonomous driving technology
will replace traditional drivers to some extent. From 2014, Golden Dragon start
the exploration of driverless bus. As the new outcome of technology revolution,
the autonomous driving bus has developed beyond the
boundary of vehicle industry, involving vehicle manufacture, network
communication, intelligence traffic, positioning, internet application, etc. In
compliance with L4 Autonomous driving vehicle, ASTAR represents the highest achievement
of China bus and coach technology and is set to usher a brand-new era of bus
industry.
MAKING CITY ALIVE
ASTAR autonomous driving bus is co-designed by Golden Dragon and
DCA Company in UK. With a length of 6 meter and streamlined body, ASTAR
possesses a lower drag coefficient. Measuring 2.56 meter in height and
1.1-meter outer swing passenger door, it offers one-step access for passengers
and ensures quick boarding and alighting. The large panoramic windows bring a
broad view to passengers inside. With 10 seats in ASTAR, the maximum passenger
capacity can be 24, this will easily handle the passenger flow in the rush
hour. In the interior, two 32-inch LED display are used to provide passengers
with driving information, safety alerts and entertainment services.
SMARTPILOT- AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PLATFORM
SMARTPILOT is a new autonomous driving platform developed by
Golden Dragon, is the outcome of product reformation and technology innovation.
Consisting of sensor layer, Fusion layer and control planning layer, SMARTPILOT
boasts highly accurate positioning, intelligent sensing and intelligent
control.
On ASTAR, its sensor system consists of Lidar, millimeter wave
radar, GPS antenna and
high dynamic range (HDR) camera. Those sensors help the bus gain a thorough
understanding of road conditions and help the vehicle detect pedestrians and
other vehicles.
SMARTPILOT can realize the autonomous driving and perform a
number of complex driving tasks, such as lane changing, avoid pedestrians,
dynamic obstacle avoidance (DOA) ,overtake, site parking, traffic light
recognition, speed limit sign recognition ,etc.
Sheer design for autonomous driving
In the early stage of development, ASTAR fully considered the
layout of the automatic driving system, all functions and facilities has been
put into the vehicle.
First, ASTAR is equipped with advanced laser radar, mini-meter
wave radar, and high-definition camera, GPS-IMU, and high-precision wire-integrated
chassis, all of which have been widely used in other fields. Moreover, the
vehicle achieves higher stability and higher accuracy in its performances. Engineers
also make the redundancy designs of each part of this platform for safety
reasons. Thirdly, it makes the interactions between vehicles and human beings
more convenient. You have two driving mode in ASTAR, one is the autonomous
driving mode and another is the manual operation. When a driver interacts with
the steering wheel, the autonomous driving mode will instantly change into manual
mode. More importantly, with higher maneuverability and higher agility, it is
an ideal choice for the last-kilometer transportation in urban areas.