The concentrated automobile robot runs through the three product concepts of "free movement, natural communication and self-growth". First, the automobile robot has L4 automatic driving ability and can move freely; Second, the interaction between people and cars and the accurate recognition of phonetic semantics allow cars to "communicate naturally" with people, understand users' emotions and respond to users' needs in real time; Thirdly, the automobile robot can learn and iterate by itself according to the user's usage habits, continuously optimize the autopilot and intelligent cockpit experience, and realize "self-growth".
Du Ji will adopt the way of self-research and joint development, aiming at mass production and delivery, and promote the continuous upgrading and evolution of automobile robots to a higher form. Among them, ZF and Du Ji will jointly develop the next generation of intelligent chassis technology to support the better "free movement" of automobile robots. Du Ji is responsible for exploring new functions and some product experiences related to intelligent driving, while ZF is responsible for developing high-quality chassis components and creating a safe and reliable digital implementation interface.
Du Ji believes that leading, safe and reliable autonomous driving requires not only powerful software strength, but also smarter chassis and other hardware support. Chassis by wire is one of the core technologies of automobile intelligence. By controlling the chassis with digital signals, the mechanical decoupling between the control system and the execution system can be realized. The chassis by wire includes steering by wire, driving by wire, braking by wire, suspension by wire and other systems, which correspond to six degrees of freedom of automobile movement. The drive-by-wire chassis can not only meet the higher level of automatic driving requirements, but also enrich the imagination space of the intelligent cockpit and bring a safer and more comfortable driving experience to the occupants. At present, China has started the formulation of relevant industry standards such as automatic driving performance requirements and test methods for passenger car chassis by wire.
The layout is focused on the trinity field of online control chassis and chassis domain control technology. Among them, steer-by-wire is a revolutionary technology of the steer-by-wire chassis, which can control the lateral direction of the vehicle through digital signals and realize the complete decoupling of the steering wheel and the steering execution system. It is an essential actuator for advanced automatic driving. In 20021year, Du Ji officially started the project of steering by wire to R&D, and established a strong R&D technical team.
ZF is the world's leading supplier of parts, with a history of over 100 years, and has global influence in the fields of automobile chassis system, power system, active and passive safety system, etc. In the era of automotive electrification and intelligence, ZF has top-level knowledge and professional experience in the fields of chassis control, advanced safety, electric drive and automatic driving, and will use the world's leading multi-dimensional power to help build an industry-leading, safe, reliable and free-moving automobile robot.
ZF's technology focuses on the extreme demand for high intelligence and high safety of future intelligent driving cars, supports L3 and above intelligent driving, and has a redundant functional safety design mechanism to meet the functional definition of the new design concept of future intelligent cockpit. ?
Dr. Holger Klein, director of ZF Group, said: "The concept of centralized automobile robot is very advanced and imaginative. Intelligent chassis technology is a breakthrough for automobile robots to realize some high-order automatic driving functions and frontier design related to intelligent cockpit. We are honored to reach a strategic cooperation with Du Ji to help Du Ji automobile robots achieve a higher level of intelligent driving function development and mass production, and finally bring an unprecedented and benchmark product experience to Du Ji users. "
Xia, CEO of Du Ji, said: "I am very happy to reach a strategic cooperation with, give full play to their respective advantages, and jointly develop an intelligent chassis system, which will greatly help to build a leading automotive robot, better meet the personalized functional requirements of automotive robots, and iterate to a higher form of automotive robots. Concentration will definitely create a benchmark for smart cars and provide users with a leading, safe and reliable autonomous driving experience. "
Du Ji will present the first concept car robot at the Beijing Auto Show in 2022. The first mass-produced automobile robot will be delivered in 2023, when it will have L4-class automatic driving capability.