KT to Showcase Autonomous Delivery Robots with Russian Yandex Within This Year

Business Collaboration in AI Robot Autonomous Driving... Development of Next-Generation Robot Solutions, etc.

Dmitry Polishchuk, CEO of Yandex SDG (left), and Song Jae-ho, Vice President of KT AI/DX Convergence Business Division, signing an MOU and posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] KT has partnered with Yandex SDG, the autonomous driving group company of Russia's largest IT company Yandex, to launch a delivery robot within this year.

On the 18th, KT announced that it signed an agreement with Yandex SDG at the Yandex Autonomous Driving Modification Center in Moscow, Russia, to cooperate in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and autonomous driving.

Through this collaboration, KT's AI and DX capabilities will be combined with Yandex's autonomous driving robot technology to pursue ▲ development of a Korea-customized robot business model and launch of an autonomous delivery robot product within this year ▲ development and advancement cooperation of next-generation AI robot solutions ▲ operation of an additional ICT business cooperation task force.

The two companies held an executive meeting for business cooperation in October last year. In December, they held a delivery robot demonstration at the KT Research and Development Center. This agreement has further solidified the partnership between the two companies for the development and commercialization of next-generation AI autonomous driving robot technology.

Song Jae-ho, head of KT AI·DX Convergence Business Division, emphasized, "The two companies will not only cooperate on AI robot autonomous driving but also identify additional ICT business cooperation areas at the group level in the future."

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