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New Material Can Self-heal Scratches on Autonomous Car Sensors

New Material Can Self-heal Scratches on Autonomous Car Sensors

DAEJEON, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new material that can heal scratches on sensors in self-driving cars. This has some pretty significant implications, because signal distortion caused by scratches on sensor surfaces poses a significant risk factor for autonomous vehicle traffic accidents. Recognition errors or malfunctioning vision [...]

KAIST Professor’s Appeal Hearing for Leaking Autonomous Vehicle Technology to China Scheduled for May

KAIST Professor’s Appeal Hearing for Leaking Autonomous Vehicle Technology to China Scheduled for May

SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) who received a suspended prison sentence for leaking self-driving car technology to China is set to appeal the verdict after a year and eight months. The case was severely criticized by lawmakers during a parliamentary audit of [...]

New Hub for Electric and Self-driving Cars Coming to Saemangeum Area

New Hub for Electric and Self-driving Cars Coming to Saemangeum Area

SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea SMEs and Startups Agency announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with five representative agencies in Saemangeum, including the Korea Agency for Saemangeum Development and Investment (KASDI), to develop the Saemangeum area as a new hub of electric, self-driving automobiles. The agreement also [...]

Naver’s Self-Driving Robot Highlights Future Ambitions

Naver’s Self-Driving Robot Highlights Future Ambitions

GOYANG, South Korea, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Making an appearance at an auto show for the first time, Naver, operator of Korea’s leading web portal, showcased its ambitious self-driving technology at the 2017 Seoul Motor Show.  But it wasn’t the Naver autonomous vehicle that the tech giant was bragging about at the show, it [...]

S. Korea Set to Introduce Self-Driving Public Bus This Year

S. Korea Set to Introduce Self-Driving Public Bus This Year

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to become one of the world’s first countries to put autonomous cars to actual use this year, introducing its first self-driving bus, a government report showed Thursday.  According to the report from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the government plans to introduce a self-driving [...]

Korean Self-Driving Vehicles – So Far “Accident-Free”

Korean Self-Driving Vehicles – So Far “Accident-Free”

SEJONG, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Autonomous vehicles approved for temporary operation in Korea have so far proven safe, after nine months of road testing.  According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Monday, the 11 self-driving cars – from Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors, Hyundai Mobis, Seoul National University, Hanyang University, and the [...]

Hyundai, Kia to Test Autonomous Vehicles on City Streets for Commercialization

Hyundai, Kia to Test Autonomous Vehicles on City Streets for Commercialization

SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Leading South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors have taken another step towards commercializing self-driving vehicles.  With the memorandum of understanding signed Monday between Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors and the city of Hwaseong, the two companies will be able to test vehicles equipped with V2X (or [...]