Autonomous Vehicle Control Tower 'Convergence Support Center' First Nationwide Completed in Daegu

Daegu Dalseong-gun Guji-myeon Autonomous Driving Convergence Support Center Building (aerial view).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Koo Dae-sun] Daegu City will hold a completion ceremony for the Autonomous Driving Convergence Support Center, which will lead the commercialization of autonomous vehicles and serve as a control tower, at 2 p.m. on the 2nd in Guji-myeon, Dalseong-gun.

The Autonomous Driving Convergence Support Center is located within the Daegu National Industrial Complex R&D Zone, with a total floor area of 5,619㎡, three above-ground floors, and one basement floor. This center will act as a control tower for research and development and demonstration of autonomous vehicles by supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, conducting autonomous driving data verification research, testing autonomous driving components, and collecting, analyzing, and providing big data related to the automotive industry.

The government plans to commercialize partial autonomous vehicles (Lv3) by the end of this year according to the ‘Future Automobile Industry Development Strategy,’ which aims for the commercialization of fully autonomous driving at level 4 by 2027.

In line with this, Daegu City is steadily establishing a large-scale autonomous vehicle research environment to become a leading city in future automobiles.

Daegu City was selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s public project and is currently promoting the Autonomous Driving Convergence Technology Demonstration Platform Construction Project (2020?2022, 35.6 billion KRW) and the Future Vehicle Digital Convergence Industry Demonstration Platform Construction Project (2021?2024, 44.3 billion KRW).

For autonomous vehicle demonstration in Daegu city, road facilities have been installed along 70 km of main roads in areas such as Suseong Alpha City, Technopolis, Daegu National Industrial Complex, and Dalseong 2nd Industrial Complex, including roadside devices, sudden situation detectors, and weather observation equipment. These facilities share vehicle information, road information, and pavement information with the Autonomous Driving Convergence Support Center to create an environment that enables safety operation verification, performance evaluation of autonomous driving systems and vehicle components, and collection and analysis of vehicle operation data according to driving situations.

Daegu City plans to expand the autonomous driving demonstration road facilities from the current 70 km to 150 km by 2024.

Lee Jong-hwa, Deputy Mayor of Daegu City for Economic Affairs, said, “The autonomous vehicle industry is a high value-added industry that integrates advanced technologies from various fields such as machinery, electronics, information and communication, and software. We expect it to become a control tower supporting small and medium-sized enterprises by utilizing real-road-based autonomous driving infrastructure and research and development equipment for the first time nationwide.”

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