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Baidu's Apollo autonomous-driving platform, rebuilt around Apollo ADFM (Autonomous Driving Foundation Model) in Apollo Open Platform 10.0 (Dec 2024), described by Baidu as the world's first foundation model supporting Level 4 autonomous driving. Powers the Apollo Go robotaxi fleet (including the 6th-gen RT6) and is credited with enabling driverless deployment in new cities within months.
Foundation model · Maturity: Commercial · Closed · Powers 1 robot
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /brains/baidu-apollo.md
- RSS feed: /brains/baidu-apollo/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/brains/ba93a61c-83e1-4d3b-9ad6-5f03d71f8281
- Revision history: /brains/baidu-apollo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Key facts
- Model type
- foundation-model
- Maturity stage
- commercial
- Open source
- no
- Built on
- Apollo Open Platform 10.0 (Dec 2024)
- System structure
- Autonomous Driving Foundation Model supporting Level 4 autonomous driving
Developed by (1)
Powers (1)
- Apollo RT6Baidu · av
Where Apollo ADFM (Baidu) runs
Deployments of robots powered by Apollo ADFM (Baidu), by place and type.
Common questions
- What is Apollo ADFM (Baidu)?
- Baidu's Apollo autonomous-driving platform, rebuilt around Apollo ADFM (Autonomous Driving Foundation Model) in Apollo Open Platform 10.0 (Dec 2024), described by Baidu as the world's first foundation model supporting Level 4 autonomous driving. Powers the Apollo Go robotaxi fleet (including the 6th-gen RT6) and is credited with enabling driverless deployment in new cities within months.
- Which robots run on Apollo ADFM (Baidu)?
- 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry runs on Apollo ADFM (Baidu): Apollo RT6.
- Who developed Apollo ADFM (Baidu)?
- Apollo ADFM (Baidu) is credited to Baidu on the DEPLOY registry. Each developer attribution is verified via primary sources.
- Is Apollo ADFM (Baidu) open source?
- No. Apollo ADFM (Baidu) is recorded as proprietary on the DEPLOY registry. Model weights and source are not publicly available.
- What type of AI is Apollo ADFM (Baidu)?
- Apollo ADFM (Baidu) is a foundation model on the DEPLOY registry.
- What is Apollo ADFM (Baidu)'s maturity stage?
- Apollo ADFM (Baidu) is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder. Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Sources (3)
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-sec-filing
- SEC filing
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Apollo ADFM (Baidu).Canonical ID ba93a61c-83e1-4d3b-9ad6-5f03d71f8281