Huawei surprised MWC 2018 audiences by not releasing a new flagship phone and instead showing off its Mate 10 Pro smartphone as the brain of an autonomous Porsche. This new tech was not meant to show Huawei's interest in autonomous vehicles, but instead was a way for the company to flaunt its new ambitious AI. The use of a vehicle was only meant to show just how powerful the AI is, with Huawei's reasoning's falling along the lines of 'if it can drive a car, it must be a pretty good phone.' While the test did not involve a particularly hard course, the AI has performed admirably so far in avoiding obstacles in the way of the autonomous Porsche.
The brain behind the Mate 10 Pro driven autonomous Porsche is Huawei's Kirin 970 chip, which is said to contain enough processing power to analyze 2,00 images per minute. The drive demo at MWC 2018 The smartphone was accompanied by a roof mounted camera, and after an initial testing phase the AI was able to accurately maneuver the autonomous Porsche whithout and incidents on the course.
Smartphone-Powered Autonomous Cars
Huawei is Using Its AI in an Autonomous Porsche at MWC 2018
Trend Themes
1. Smartphone-powered Autonomous Cars - Huawei's use of their Mate 10 Pro smartphone as the brain of an autonomous Porsche suggests a trend towards using smartphones as the main processing power of autonomous vehicles.
2. AI-powered Smartphones - Huawei's Kirin 970 chip's processing power to analyze 2000 images per minute provides an opportunity for the smartphone industry to further develop AI-powered smartphones.
3. AI-driven Autonomous Vehicles - The successful test results of Huawei's AI controlling an autonomous Porsche shows potential for self-driving vehicles to be powered by artificial intelligence instead of traditional software.
Industry Implications
1. Automotive - The automotive industry can benefit from collaborating with smartphone companies to incorporate smartphones as a core processing unit in self-driving vehicles.
2. Smartphone - The smartphone industry can expand to develop more AI-powered smartphones to advance the autonomous vehicle market.
3. Artificial Intelligence - The success of Huawei's Kirin 970 chip proves that incorporating AI into the technology of autonomous vehicles should be a disrupted innovation pursued in the artificial intelligence industry.