We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • ::COVID-19 COVERAGE::
  • INDUSTRY PRESS ROOM
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • MEDIA FILE
  • Create Account
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Free Newsletters
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC.
    • Podcast
    • Blogs
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Best Practices
      • Dispatches
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Logistics Problem Solving
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Public Sector Logistics
      • Two Sides of the Logistics Coin
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2020
    • Upload Your Video
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC.
    • Podcast
    • Blogs
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Best Practices
      • Dispatches
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Logistics Problem Solving
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Public Sector Logistics
      • Two Sides of the Logistics Coin
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2020
    • Upload Your Video
Home » RoboSense Receives China's Largest Funding for a LiDAR Company by Alibaba Group's Cainiao, SAIC, & B
Press releases are provided by companies as is and have not been edited or checked for accuracy. Any queries should be directed to the company issuing the release.

Upload your press release

RoboSense Receives China's Largest Funding for a LiDAR Company by Alibaba Group's Cainiao, SAIC, & B

October 12, 2018
No Comments

October 12, 2018, Shenzhen, China - RoboSense http://www.robosense.ai, the world's leading autonomous driving LiDAR perception solution provider, today announced the completion of China's largest-ever single round of financing for a LiDAR company - a combined investment of over $45 million (RMB 300 million).

The strategic funding is provided by technology and industry leaders, including Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Ltd. ("Cainiao"), the logistics arm of the Alibaba Group; SAIC Motor Group (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation), 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.

IHS Markit predicts that by 2035, global sales of self-driving cars will reach 21 million vehicles, up from nearly 600,000 vehicles in 2025. IHS believes that by 2035, nearly 76 million vehicles with some level of autonomy will be sold globally.

"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 commercialization era of the autonomous driving industry."

Self-Driving Logistics Vehicles to be First Key Market for Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous logistics vehicles will be one of the first markets for autonomous vehicle technology. Based on data from Deloitte's China Smart Logistics Development Report, the intelligent logistics market will reach $145 billion (RMB 1 trillion) by 2025.

Cainiao and the world's leading automotive OEMs, SAIC and BAIC, will jointly promote the rapid development of autonomous vehicles with RoboSense. The strategic partners will not only financially invest in RoboSense, but will also collaborate to lead the autonomous driving industry into production and commercialization.

RoboSense's Explosive Growth

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 also works with autonomous driving companies from all over the world (see video at: https://youtu.be/4Ooc-rJODHU). In the autonomous driving LiDAR environment sensing industry, RoboSense provides leading LiDAR sensing technologies, with sensors, including RS-LiDAR-16, RS-LiDAR-32, and RS-LiDAR-M1pre, AI sensing algorithms (RS-Algorithms), LiDAR combination technology (P-series), LiDAR-Cam deep fusion technology (RS-LCDF) and more.

About RoboSense

Founded in 2014, based on 10 years of research, RoboSense is the world's leading provider of LiDAR environment aware solutions designed to provide a higher performance, safer, more reliable, and lower cost LiDAR system for autonomous vehicles. The first hardware and algorithm based solution provider for autonomous driving, RoboSense believes that robots have an environmental perception that transcends human eyes. Since its inception, RoboSense has adhered to underlying core technology innovations, from chips to LiDAR sensors, to intelligent sensor systems that incorporate AI aware algorithms. RoboSense maintains strong innovation capabilities and continues to innovate to lead the industry.

The current RoboSense products include different types of hybrid solid-state LiDARs, as well as P-series hardware and software solutions for different scenarios of autonomous driving. At CES January 2018, RoboSense demonstrated its revolutionary LiDAR product with its own patents. Currently, RoboSense has entered into strategic partnerships with many top car companies, tier one manufacturers and technology companies with a global reach. For more information about RoboSense, visit http://www.robosense.ai.

Photos:
RoboSense RS-LiDAR-M1pre: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/robosenserslidarm1pre.html
RoboSense Team: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/robosenseteam.html
RoboSense - Alibaba's Cainiao G Plus: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/robosensegplus.html
RoboSense Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/robosenselogo.html

Video:
RoboSense Applications: https://youtu.be/4Ooc-rJODHU

Press Contact:
Karen Thomas/Eva Yutani
Thomas PR
Emails: kthomas@thomaspr.com / eyutani@thomaspr.com
(631) 549-7575 website: http://www.thomaspr.com

More Info: http://www.robosense.ai

Submit your logistics, material handling, or supply chain related company news in DC VELOCITY's Industry Press Room section or New Products section
  • Related Articles

    Hermes' BorderGuru Announces Logistics Partnership with the Alibaba Group and Cainiao

    A LiDAR REVOLUTION: ROBOSENSE LAUNCHES INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS DRIVING LIDAR SYSTEM WITH "GAZE" FUNCT

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Most Popular Articles

  • Cold chain giant Lineage Logistics buys its own rail operator

  • Outlook 2021: What’s in store for logistics supply chain?

  • Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of 170 Acres plus Lease for 1MSF Build-to-Suit for Home Improvement Retailer in Commerce City, CO.

  • Biden names dozens of senior leaders to DOT, including FMCSA and FRA

  • Thriving in the long haul: interview with Colin Yankee

Now Playing on DCV-TV

2mw 01 18 21 thumb

LTL Carriers Using Yield Management Techniques to Identify New Accessorial Charges

DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
As we head into 2021, shippers are not too optimistic about negotiating rates with their carriers. The reason for this, as highlighted in the three CODE RED Webcasts we've hosted with our friends from CSCMP and NASSTRAC, is that in today's transportation marketplace, shippers are operating in uncharted waters. With...

FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

  • Proven Benefits: A Compendium of Slotting Optimization Success Snapshots

  • Bridging Information Gaps in Dock and Yard Operations

  • How Intelligent Sensor Solutions Turn Data Into Action

  • Order picking Solutions: Understanding Your Options

View More

Subscribe to DC Velocity Magazine

GET YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ADVERTISING
  • CUSTOMER CARE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright ©2021. All Rights ReservedDesign, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing