DAMO Academy

Alibaba backtracks on autonomous driving R&D

Alibaba's DAMO Academy's autonomous driving lab will lay off about 70 percent of its staff, while others will be transferred to the e-commerce giant's logistics arm, according to local media.

Alibaba releases world's first autonomous driving simulation road test platform

Alibaba DAMO Academy today released the world's first autonomous driving "hybrid simulation test platform" which uses a combination of virtual and real simulation technology to introduce real drive test scenarios and cloud trainers.