Daedong-Seoul National University Smart Farm R&D Collaboration... Targeting Future Food Sources

Joint Operation of Complex Light Source Smart Farm at Seoul National University
Development of Terminal Equipped with Autonomous Driving Algorithm
"Realizing Smart Farm Roadmap through Collaboration with Seoul National University"

Won Yuhyun, CEO of Daedong (right), and Oh Sejeong, President of Seoul National University, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement on the 26th to promote research cooperation and commercialization in the field of smart agriculture.
[Photo by Daedong]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwak Minjae] Agricultural machinery company Daedong is partnering with Seoul National University to actively promote research and development of smart farms in order to accelerate its smart farm roadmap. Daedong announced on the 28th that it signed a business agreement with Seoul National University for "research cooperation and commercialization promotion in the field of smart agriculture."

Daedong plans to develop growth recipes (solutions) for high-functionality crops and general crops, establish a system for consignment production and distribution, and expand personalized healthcare businesses and subscription-based future agriculture platform businesses.

Based on this agreement, a smart farm testbed will also be jointly established within Seoul National University. They plan to jointly operate a rooftop smart farm with a composite light source using natural light and artificial LED sunlight on the 5th floor of the Seoul office building to develop growth recipes for high-functionality crops. They will also commercialize customized nutrition services using high-functionality crops for personal health improvement.

They will also strengthen smart agricultural machinery technology competitiveness. Autonomous driving algorithms (path generation, tracking control, real-time control, etc.) for cluster and unmanned operations of agricultural machinery such as tractors, combines, and rice transplanters, as well as integrated terminals equipped with these technologies, will be developed.

Won Yuhyun, CEO of Daedong, said, "Daedong Group is making aggressive investments for future agriculture, such as establishing Daedong Agtech, a future agriculture platform company, and building a composite light source smart farm this year. Through strategic cooperation with Seoul National University, which is leading the smart agriculture sector including agricultural solutions and autonomous driving of agricultural machinery, we will be able to realize Daedong’s smart farm roadmap more quickly."

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