Uisee Technology, founded by one of Intel's former engineering manager, has recently gained recognition as one of the startups that plan to further revolutionize driverless technology. China's auto industry is also fast becoming a melting pot of known automakers and startups.
Gansha Wu's 16-year career at Intel gave him the courage to leave his former successful job and together with four co-workers formed Uisee, which stands for Utilization, Indiscriminate, Safety, Efficiency and Environment, according to the NY Times.
Mr. Wu also mentioned that the company is in the process toward "fully autonomous driving" according to the news agency. He also noted on the addition of driver assistance systems which would be integrated into wholly driverless cars during limited situations and controlled environments. The company further aims to develop these technologies to assist drivers and not completely replace them.
Meanwhile, the Chinese government has also expressed a certain amount of anxiety in terms of the country's poorly marked lanes on roads as well as minimal visibility of signage. Other non-mechanical obstacles that could pose a great risk for drivers are animals, trucks, rickshaws, and even people.
"That makes for a more challenging engineering problem in China," according to partner Junyi Zhang of Roland Berger consulting firm.
Taiwanese venture investor and former Google China head, Kai-Fu Lee commented on Wu's team as a rare group of "supertalent," according to Gizmodo "They combine a mechanical expert from a university, a top computer vision expert and machine learning from Google as well as Gansha and his team of semiconductor experts. Gansha is an excellent leader that binds these people together," continued Lee.
Two known Chinese companies, Yutong and Baidu, have been busy doing public demos of their own version of a self-driving bus. Other public vehicle systems in China such as taxis are predicted to be autonomous over the next few years, in a year or two maybe.
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