Cultivate a black technology god

Chapter 106 You also call this a road test?

On the plane, Ren Feizhou really mentioned this matter:
"Mr. Xia, I think you should get a private jet. It is beneficial in terms of safety and convenience. In addition, the CEO of Zhixia Technology takes a private jet. It's not ostentatious, is it?"

Pan Dong, who was sitting next to Ren Feizhou, closed his eyes when he heard what Ren Feizhou said.

Xia Zhi pondered for a while:
"Private jet? I can have this, but I basically don't need it. Is it necessary? The money to buy the plane and maintain it, plus a series of problems in the application for private airlines, are quite troublesome."

Ren Feizhou looked at Sun Shiliang over there:
"These are small problems, and Lao Sun can handle them. I think this is a good choice. The bosses of companies with poor domestic strength have private jets, such as Baidu."

As he said that, he looked back at Pan Dong, wanting Pan Dong to agree with him, but Pan Dong fell asleep at some point.

Xia Zhi thought for a while and said:

"Okay, let me think about it."

Speaking of this person, Ren Feizhou stopped trying to persuade him, and he lay comfortably on the seat, feeling the comfort of the first-class cabin.

Seeing Pan Dong next to him open his eyes, he seemed to have woken up, and Ren Feizhou, who couldn't relax, chatted with Pan Dong:

"You said that the first-class seat is comfortable, but the service is not good. Last time I flew first-class by myself, the flight attendant actually asked me to go back to my own economy class."

After Ren Feizhou finished speaking, he giggled.

Pan Dong closed his eyes expressionlessly.

When we arrived in Russia, the chief engineer of the engineering team at Chernobyl arranged for someone to drive over to pick him up.

Xia Zhi and the others boarded a commercial vehicle and it took about an hour to arrive at Chernobyl.

After getting off the car, Xia Zhi stretched himself, seeing the slightly desolate city in front of him, the word 'lost world' spontaneously appeared in his mind.

The staff accompanying Xia Zhi have been holding a radiation detector, which shows the nearby radiation intensity.

Sun Shihao was curious, and kept following the staff member looking at the appearance.

When the reading rose slightly, he was startled with fright, and he waited where he was, not daring to move forward.

Seeing the indifference of the staff, he followed up embarrassingly.

Arriving at the office building of the engineering team and entering the office area in the building, you can see that the environment here has been reorganized and decorated, giving it a completely new look.

Anti-radiation materials are also installed on the outer layer of the building to allow staff to work here for a long time.

Even so, the engineering team will replace people within a month and replace a group of resident players.

The person in charge here is called Chu Yan. He used to run an autonomous driving startup. After it went bankrupt, he worked at Baidu. Now he has switched jobs to Zhixia Technology.

Seeing Xia Zhi, Chu Yan immediately stood up from his work position to meet him:
"Hello, Mr. Xia, I'm really sorry, I'm too busy here to leave, so I didn't pick you up in person."

Xia Zhi nodded, indicating that it was all right.

Sun Shiliang looked away from the radiation detection instrument panel, put it on Chu Yan's face, and asked:
"What are you busy with?"

Chu Yan asked Xia Zhi and others to come to the work station, pointed to the computer screen and said:

"We just debugged all the machines for the last time to ensure that there will be no accidents when we demonstrate in front of Mr. Xia later."

Xia Zhi took a look. According to the plan, the first batch of equipment for road testing was not many, a total of two.

One is based on image recognition algorithms, and the other is based on lidar.

Now there are the most of these two types on the market.

At the previous meeting, according to his intention, the engineering team will do both.

There is a detailed route map on the computer, as well as roadblocks set up in advance.

Two miniature city satellites have also been set up over Chernobyl, which can broadcast live traffic on the road in real time.

Looking down from the computer screen here, there are two cars to be tested parked at the starting point, and several on-the-spot test staff are standing around.

During the road test later, Xia Zhi and the others can see the whole situation as long as they sit here.

In addition to the high-altitude angle, they also have a team responsible for drones that have been following the vehicle, taking close-up shots from multiple angles, and analyzing the driving data of the vehicle.

Finally, there is data provided by the vehicle's own omni-directional camera.

At this time, Xia Zhi saw the computer demonstration process on the machine next to him, which was a virtual image.

Simulate realistic roads with GTA-like urban scenes.

Because of the high-precision rendering algorithm of the Zhiran platform, the virtual picture is highly realistic and friendly to image recognition algorithms.

In addition, the data analysis and processing algorithm of Zhixia Technology supports the vehicle to collect and process a large amount of data in the shortest time, so the vehicle runs well in the computer program.

From the data point of view, this car has run more than 3 kilometers of urban roads without any problems.

It was because it ran perfectly in the computer program that Chu Yan had the confidence to conduct a live road test and demonstrate it in front of Mr. Xia.

Sun Shiliang couldn't help but nodded, very satisfied.

But Xia Zhi's face was so sullen that he couldn't see a smile or any expression of satisfaction.

Sitting in a chair, he asked:
"When will the road test start?"

Chu Yan responded with a smile:

"The preparatory work is ready, as long as you nod here, you can start over there."

Xia Zhi said:
"Then let's get started."

Chu Yan took out the walkie-talkie to connect with the on-site staff, and agreed to carry out the road test on time in 3 minutes.

On-site workers were notified and began exiting with toolboxes, handing over the road to self-driving vehicles and dummies in their seats.

At that point, the main console on Chu Yan's side unlocked the vehicle.

The green light of the sub-console on the site staff's side is on, and the staff presses the start button.

One of the cars starts its engine and starts moving.

On Xia Zhi's side, he saw through various broadcasts that the vehicle was running normally.

He pointed to the screen and said:

"What kind of road test is this? There is no one person or car on the road, who can't drive it?"

Chu Yan smiled and said:

"Mr. Xia, don't worry, there will be more on the road behind."

After the voice fell, the virtual system connected to the in-vehicle platform prompted that there was a moving vehicle ahead.

Xia Zhi looked at the screen, and sure enough, he saw a car coming from the opposite side.

Xia Zhi squinted his eyes, trying to see whether the car was a real person or a dummy.

Chu Yan guessed what Xia Zhi was thinking, and explained:

"There are our staff in the car that will drive. The cars they drive are all reinforced, even if they are hit, there will be no major problems."

Sun Shiliang asked:
"Have you bought insurance?"

Chu Yan nodded.

Xia Zhi frowned and said:

"There is still a risk of injury, right? Just arrange all the cars on the road to be self-driving vehicles, let them toss around in it, and just bump and bump without hurting people."

Chu Yan hesitated and said:
"Our road test program is not yet mature, so the risk is very high. Moreover, according to engineers' predictions, a moderate collision may cost us more than 30 yuan. If all autonomous vehicles are used, the loss may be more than double the amount." times."

Xia Zhi didn't care:

"Arrangement, money is not an issue. You guys are playing house like this and you call it a road test? Have you never been on the road? Or have you never been to a big city?"

(End of this chapter)