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including Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Ltd. ("Cainiao"), the
logistics arm of the Alibaba Group; SAIC Motor Group, the largest
publicly-traded auto manufacturer in China's A-Share; and BAIC Group (Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co.) electric vehicle company.
With an over 50% market share of all LiDAR sold in Asia,
RoboSense is the market leader in the region. From previous financing
rounds, RoboSense already has secured backing from auto manufacturing,
financial brokerage, and artificial intelligence (AI) companies,
including Haitong Securities, Fosun Group, Oriental Fortune Capital,
Kinzon Capital, and Guangdong Investment Pte Ltd.
The funding will be used to increase RoboSense's market share and the
R&D of autonomous vehicle technologies, including its solid-state
LiDAR, AI sensing algorithms, and other advanced technologies, as well
as accelerating product development, long-term manufacturing and market
penetration.
"The rapid development of autonomous driving has ignited a huge demand for LiDAR," said Mark Qiu,
co-founder of RoboSense. "RoboSense is embracing this market demand
through partnerships with multiple industry leaders. It is our great
pleasure to be endorsed and funded by industry giants from many
different fields. This round of funding is not only for capital
assistance, but also for strategic resources. We are looking forward to
continuously working with our partners to lead the large-scale
commercialisation era of the autonomous driving industry."
In the past two years, RoboSense has had explosive growth. In April 2017, the company completed mass production of its 16-beam automotive LiDAR. In September 2017,
the company mass-produced its 32-beam LiDAR, released a LiDAR-based
autonomous driving environmental sensing AI system, and provided a
software and hardware combined LiDAR environment sensing solution.
In October 2017, RoboSense launched its
breakthrough product "“ the MEMS solid-state LiDAR, publicly exhibited
for the first time at CES 2018 in January 2018.
Four months after CES 2018, RoboSense partnered with the Cainiao
Network to launch the world's first MEMS LiDAR autonomous logistics
vehicle "“ the G Plus.
RoboSense receives over $45 million funding for LiDAR development
Modified on Thursday 11th October 2018
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