SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will distribute a self-driving car simulator that virtually recreates the autonomous driving vehicle test drive zone in the city’s western district of Sangam as open-source software. The virtual world implements a three-dimensional, high-definition map that renders even the slightest details like lane [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Moves are afoot for the introduction of South Korea’s first self-driving library robot that autonomously moves around a park to lend books to citizens. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry had held a deliberation committee meeting regarding regulatory sandbox measures, [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean company has developed an innovative self-driving technology that can detect a driver’s condition by measuring their brainwaves. Auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a brainwave-based driver monitoring system called M.Brain. Starting from this year, M.Brain will be tested on public [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Sunday it has approved 53 projects with a budget of 85 billion won (US$75 million) this year in line with efforts to develop fully automated cars by 2027. Around 373 organizations and 3,500 experts are expected to join the research projects, according to the [...]
SEONGNAM, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province said Thursday that it will establish big data for the launch of a trial road guide service aimed at realizing the safe autonomous operation of electric wheelchairs. The city government will collect a variety of information, including the road surface of sidewalks, piled-up [...]
DAEJEON, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced Tuesday that it had developed guidelines for the process that allows a driver to safely accept control back from a self-driving vehicle. Autonomous driving vehicles with semi-automation systems sometimes require that the driver intervene. Based on various situations, the driver [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The trend of convergence in the roles of carmakers and auto insurers is forecast to accelerate as self-driving technologies continue to become more sophisticated, a report showed Monday. A growing number of carmakers are providing car insurance services by themselves or establishing joint ventures with insurance companies to develop [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it plans to spend 1.1 trillion won (US$974 million) by 2027 to speed up the development of Level 4 self-driving vehicles and boost related technologies. At Level 4, one stage before full autonomy, the vehicle can drive itself under limited conditions and does not require [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to allow the test run of shuttle vehicles without a driver’s seat and unmanned self-driving cars on ordinary roads once a temporary operating license is issued. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Thursday that it will revise the regulations on temporary driving approval [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean central government has joined hands with municipal governments, private companies and industrial associations to promote the activation of autonomous driving services through the standardization of self-driving data. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy signed a business agreement for the development and promotion of [...]