Self-driving robot taxi unveiled by ZOX, an Amazon affiliate

Zoox, an autonomous vehicle development company acquired by Amazon in June 2020, has unveiled the exterior of a robotic taxi capable of autonomous driving for the first time.

Jux is a company founded in 2014 and aims to build dispatch services such as Uber and Rift using autonomous robotic taxis over six years. The robot taxi, an important step for realizing this, was unveiled.

The robot taxi that ZOX is developing can drive 120km/h with an electric vehicle. One of the features is that it does not need to change the direction of the vehicle in a narrow space because it adopts the four-wheel steering 4WS system and can travel at a maximum speed of 120km/h regardless of the front and rear of the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle adopts a front and rear symmetric design.

At the corner of the roof, a 270-degree field of view is secured by installing its own sensor structure that combines a camera, radar, and rider. These four sensor architectures eliminate blind spots, monitor vehicles other than pedestrians and robotic taxis, and realize safe autonomous driving. In addition, the vehicle has 4 passengers, and the passenger seat is equipped with a touch panel so that you can enjoy music freely.

Jux says it will innovate the ride experience to provide superior mobility services in the city center. According to statistics on carbon emissions and traffic accidents, it is more important than ever to build safe solutions for passengers to travel.

Jux also explained that it added preventive collision avoidance technology, including more than 100 safety innovations that do not exist in existing cars, for vehicle design. heard. It is said that the robotic taxi has also passed the FMVSS crash test, the federal automobile safety standard, which is the American automobile safety standard. Related information can be found here .