株洲：无人驾驶赛车和人类车手首次同场竞速

Chinese racer Ma Jianxin was faster than the autonomous racing system Tianyuan by 17 seconds at the Zenith 1 China Human-Machine Cyber Racing Motorsports Challenge held in Zhuzhou, central China’s Hunan Province, on Sunday.

10月20日，Z1中国无人驾驶汽车运动巅峰赛在湖南株洲举行，中国赛车手麻舰心以17秒的圈速优势领先无人驾驶赛车系统“天猿”，获得比赛胜利。

As part of proceedings, Tianyuan faced Ma and British racer Robert Hoff. In the first round of four laps against Ma, Tianyuan set a new record, but a mechanical failure in the sixth lap interrupted the race, leaving Hoff, on his warm-up, with no score. The final lap times for Tianyuan and Ma were 2 minutes and 33 seconds, as well as 2 minutes and 16 seconds, respectively.

本次比赛中，“天猿”需要迎战麻舰心和英国赛车手罗伯特·荷夫（Robert Hoff）。在对阵麻舰心的首轮4圈竞速中，“天猿”刷新最新成绩，但在第6圈竞速时因发生机械故障，比赛中断，因此，正在第一圈“热圈”的罗伯特·荷夫没有圈速成绩。最终，“天猿”圈速成绩为2分33秒，麻舰心的成绩为2分16秒。

Developed by Gaosheng Qingdong, Tianyuan employs the integrated BeiDou navigation system, artificial intelligence, machine vision, automatic control and other cutting-edge technologies. The BeiDou navigation technology helps the autonomous racing system with positioning, path planning, obstacle avoidance and speed control.

据介绍，“天猿”由高盛擎动(株洲)体育文化发展有限公司自主研发，集成了北斗导航技术、人工智能、机器视觉、自动控制等前沿技术。在“天猿”系统中，北斗导航技术为无人驾驶赛车提供定位信息，为赛车在高速行驶中进行路径规划、障碍物避让和速度控制。

Tianyuan made its debut at the Zhuzhou International Circuit on Sept. 28 with a 3.77-kilometer lap completed in 3 minutes and 15.6 seconds. It was about one minute faster in the latest race.

9月28日，“天猿”无人驾驶赛车在湖南株洲国际赛车场首发，赛道竞速测试取得3.77公里圈速3分15秒6的成绩。在时隔20余天的本次Z1赛事上，它提速将近1分钟。

It took less than a month for Tianyuan to achieve such a lap time, but it took Ma about five years, Ma said.

麻舰心表示，“天猿”跑出现在的成绩不足一个月，而她跑出这样的数据则花了约五年时间。

“Driverless technology will definitely support the development of the racing field and the automobile industry in the future,” she said.

“无人驾驶技术一定能给赛车领域、汽车工业带来更广阔的发展空间。”

Hoff said he would be glad to share with Tianyuan his racing data to help it make further breakthroughs.

罗伯特·荷夫则表示愿意把自己的数据分享给它，帮助“天猿”学习、突破。