HanBin Lee, the CEO of Seoul Robotics, and Choi Kangrim, AI Mobility Business Senior Vice President at KT Corp. (KT), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two companies to develop and deploy infrastructure-based autonomous driving joint projects such as automated fleet logistics and Automated Valet Parking. Through this partnership, the two organizations will commercialize infrastructure-based autonomous driving vehicles using 5G connectivity.

Furthermore, KT and Seoul Robotics will jointly promote ATI solutions for domestic and foreign vehicle OEMs and Automated Valet Parking services. This cooperation with KT demonstrates Seoul Robotics' commitment to scale deployment of ATI, a space that has seen large interest among OEMs recently as the technology has proven advanced enough to enable autonomous driving without any changes to the vehicles themselves. Seoul Robotics has gained strong recognition over the past few years for pioneering this innovative, infrastructure-based approach to autonomous mobility.

Rather than requiring each vehicle to be equipped with sensors and software, ATI enables these systems to be installed on the surrounding infrastructure and relies on V2X communications to maneuver vehicles remotely. Seoul Robotics has commercialized this approach with Level 5 Control Tower (LV5 CTRL TWR), a mesh network of sensors and computers that autonomously guides vehicle movement within a controlled environment. Currently, BMW leverages LV5 CTRL TWR to automate finished vehicle logistics at the Dingolfing plant in Germany.

Seoul Robotics also has additional collaborations with an unnamed OEM. The backbone of this technology is Seoul Robotics' 3D computer vision platform, SENSR. When embedded into 3D LiDAR sensors, the software uses AI deep learning to track, detect, and identify hundreds of objects at once with unparalleled accuracy – identifying objects within a 4-centimeter range.