The Chinese company presented a prototype of an innovative robot car.

The prototype of the innovative robot car, which lacks a steering wheel and pedals, was unveiled by Chinese tech company Baidu at its “Baidu World 2021” conference on Wednesday, according to China Daily.

“Chinese company Baidu unveiled its first autonomous, steering wheel-less Level 5 autonomous robot car on Wednesday, as well as an upgraded service platform for autonomous driving called Luobo Kuaipao,” the publication said.

The CEO of the Chinese company, Robin Li, noted that the future of the automotive industry is in self-driving robotic cars with the fifth, the highest level of autonomy, which does not require any human intervention other than determining the destination.

The car lacks a steering wheel and pedals but has a sizeable intelligent display—the vehicle with voice and face recognition and advanced artificial intelligence technology. In addition, the car has gull-wing doors and an all-glass roof.

The Chinese company Baidu operates one of the world’s largest Internet search platforms.
The company in 2000, the number of employees is about 45 thousand people. Earlier this year, Baidu launched China’s first robotic taxi service. In the next two years, the company intends to launch an automated taxi service in 30 Chinese cities; the size of the taxi fleet will reach 3,000 cars in 2023.