Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepBlue Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is expanding into overseas markets, especially those in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Different from many AI firms that focus on conventional software, DeepBlue Tech's main output is intelligent software. It also designs and manufactures independent hardware for the AI industry chain.

The company's smart Panda Bus, powered with self-driving technology, palm vein recognition system, in-vehicle robot, voice interaction and other advanced AI technologies, will be launched in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, by the middle of this year.

The 12-meter-long luxury bus uses high-grade self-driving technology based on AI, which provides passengers with more comfortable experiences.

A Panda Bus can take full control and operate in select parts of a preset journey in a certain geography when certain operating conditions are met. At other times, it is capable of completing an entire journey without driver intervention.

So far, the self-driving bus has entered six cities across China: Changzhou (Jiangsu province), Jinan (Shandong province), Quzhou (Zhejiang province), Deyang (Sichuan province), Chizhou (Anhui province) and Tianjin.

Founded in 2014, DeepBlue Technology has a factory in Changzhou. Two other factories are being built, with the hope of covering the whole ecosystem of intelligent manufacturing.