Mirae Company Hosts Competition... AI Startup Co-Growth Initiative

Group photo at the Cube AI Competition Awards Ceremony on the 14th. (From left) Yoon Jong-young, Director of AI Yangjae Hub; Kim Won-chang, CEO of Luna Labs; Shin Dong-hwa, CEO of Triplet; Kim Jun-gu, CEO of Mirae Company; Na Sung-jun, Executive Director of Mirae Company.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwak Minjae] Mirae Company has taken proactive steps for mutual growth by holding a testbed competition and discussing future business model collaboration plans with AI startups selected for outstanding projects.

Mirae Company recently announced that it held an awards ceremony for outstanding projects in the ‘Cube Eye’ testbed competition together with resident companies and key stakeholders of the AI Yangjae Hub. Cube Eye is a 3D ToF camera independently developed by Mirae Company.

Among the companies participating in the testbed competition, two companies were selected for outstanding projects based on a comprehensive evaluation of technology utilization and suitability. Mirae Company held a meeting with the AI startups selected for outstanding projects to discuss future business model collaboration plans.

Triplet, selected for the best project, presented a solution applying the 3D ToF camera to an unmanned payment system in the retail sector. Existing unmanned payment systems mainly use a weight measurement method with expensive precision scales, whereas the volume measurement method using 3D ToF has the advantage of significantly reducing initial costs. Through this, Triplet plans to apply the newly introduced unmanned payment system to various unmanned stores domestically and internationally.

Lunalabs, selected for an outstanding project, can apply the ToF camera for 3D imaging purposes in the bin picking field, which is mainly used in industrial robots. Using a ToF camera in the bin picking method has advantages such as lower cost compared to existing methods and miniaturization, which reduces form factor limitations.

Through the competition, the company explained that it was confirmed that Mirae Company’s next-generation 3D ToF camera combined with AI technology can be applied in various fields such as retail, logistics, and industrial robots. It is expected that upgraded solutions can be provided by integrating the 3D ToF camera, which can serve as the ‘eyes’ of robots, with various AI technologies from startups.

Na Sungjun, Executive Director of the Sensor Business Division at Mirae Company, said, “We plan to continuously plan and create business models that can satisfy the latent demand of our customers.”

Yoon Jongyoung, Director of AI Yangjae Hub, said, “Through the testbed program with Mirae Company, a leading company in the 3D ToF camera field, the participating companies were able to make practical progress,” adding, “We will continue to support the growth of companies affiliated with AI Yangjae Hub through cooperation with large and medium-sized enterprises with various technical demands.”

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