Uruganda rw’ibinyaziga(imodoka) rukomeye Baidu rwavuze ko rwatangiye gukora ku bwinshi izo modoka zitazakenera abashoferi, zishobora gutangira gukora mu Bushinwa na Tokyo mu minsi ya vuba.

Baidu yasohoye iryo tangazo inyuma yaho rikoreye amabisi 100 ya Apolong mu ihinguriro ryayo riri mu ntara ya Fujian, mu bumanuko bushira uburengero bw’igihugu.

Urwo ruganda rwavuze ko izo bisi zizakoreshwa ubucuruzi mu bisagara by’Ubushinwa, ariko ngo ntiyibaza kuzigurisha hanze yigihugu.Iryo shyirahamwe riri muri menshi ahiganwa kugurisha imodoka zitwara abantu mu ngendo zo ku rugero rwa kane “level-4 autonomy”.

Izo modoka zisigaje intambwe imwe ngo zigere ku rugero rwa gatanu rw’imodoka zishobora guca mu bintu byose byazigeza mu muhanda, birimo amabarabara mabi hamwe n’igihe cy’ikirere kibi.

Uyoboye ikigo Baidu, Robin Li, yashyikirije iyo migambi yiwe mu nama iba ku mwaka ku bijyanye n’Ubwenge Bukoreshwa [Artificial Intelligence(AI)] yabereye i Beijing.

Yagize ati: “Umwaka w’i 2018 ugiye kurangwa n’igurishwa ry’imiduga yitwara.”Muri kahise, Ubushinwa bwagurishije ibidandazwa bizimbutse mu makungu.Mubihe bizaza, Ubushinwa buzagurisha mu makungu ibidandazwa bikozwe hisunzwe ubuhanga AI.

Amasezerano na Softbank

Ibisi Apolong ishobora gutwara abantu 14, kandi yatunganijwe n’umuhanga w’imodoka w’umwenegihugu.Nta ntebe y’umushoferi ifite, nta kigendesho (volant) ifite cyangwa ibikandagizo (pédales) bifasha gutwara imodoka.

Igendeshwa namashanyarazi, igashobora kugenda ibirometero 100 igihe ibatiri ryujujwe umuriro amasaha abiri, ku muvuduko w’ibirometero 70 kw’isaha.

Ishyirahamwe Baidu riteganya gukoresha izo modoka ahantu hafunze nko ku bibuga by’indege hamwe no mu bibanza bikunze kujyamwo abakerarugendo.

Urwo ruganda ruvuga ko abo bagiye gukorana bazazikoresha mu bisagara bya Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan no mu bindi bisagara by’Ubushinwa.

Rivuga ko hari amasezerano ryapfunditse n’ibanki yo mu Buyapani Softbank Group, ashobora gutuma izo modoka zinjira no mu mabarabara ya Tokyo.

Mw’itangazo Softbank yasohoye, ivuga ko igiye kugerageza imodoka 10 za Apolong mu Buyapani mu ntango yo mu 2019.

Ikigo SB Drive camuka kuri Softbank cyaguze imodoka nyinshi yigendesha, kiyikuye mw’ishyirahamwe ryo mu Bufaransa, Navya.

Amabisi ya Navya arakoreshwa ku kibuga cy’indege Charles de Gaulle, mu kibanza cyo kuruhukiramo Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park cy’i Londres, no mu mabarabara ya Las Vegas.

Ayandi mashirahamwe nka Easymile yo mu Bufaransa, Intellibus yo muri Australia na KT yo muri Korea yepfo, arafite nayo nyine amabisi yitwara yikoreye.

Umwigisha wa kaminuza ya Leeds y’ibyo gutwara abantu n’ibintu mu Bwongereza, Natasha Merat yavuze ko mu minsi ya vuba, imiduga nka mweniyo ishobora kuzoba ikundwa cyane n’abanyagihugu kurusha iyitwarwa n’abashoferi.