Baidu debuts simulator for Apollo autonomous driving platform

Baidu today announced more details about its open-source Apollo autonomous driving platform, steps toward a stated goal of placing fully autonomous vehicles on roads and highways by 2020. Apollo launched in April and now counts more than 70 partner organizations from the AI, car manufacturing, and autonomous vehicles sectors as Nvidia, Ford, Microsoft, and a number of Chinese car makers.
In July, Apollo was made available for use at enclosed testing courses. The update announced today will give