ViewRun Technology, 'TeamFresh' and Eco-Friendly Autonomous Delivery

The Nation's First Cold Chain Industry "Food Ingredient Delivery Using Autonomous Electric Trucks"

Kim Chan-woo, COO of Teamfresh (left), and Lee Seung-yong, COO of Viewrun Technology, are posing for a commemorative photo after the business agreement ceremony.
[Photo by Viewrun Technology]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jonghwa] LiDAR-based autonomous driving solution specialist ViewRun Technology announced on the 22nd that it will promote an autonomous eco-friendly delivery demonstration project together with cold chain specialist TeamFresh. This is the first time in Korea that fresh food ingredients are delivered using autonomous trucks in the cold chain industry.

Founded in 2019, ViewRun Technology attracted seed investment from Naver D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) in its early days, and in January successfully raised 10 billion KRW in pre-A funding from Daesung Venture Investment, KDB Industrial Bank, and others. Currently, it has gained significant attention by achieving stable autonomous driving in both the US and Korea using only one LiDAR sensor, and is actively expanding its business domestically and internationally. TeamFresh, which will collaborate with ViewRun Technology on the eco-friendly autonomous delivery business, leads the industry with over 90% market share in dawn delivery of cold chain products centered in the metropolitan area.

The two companies plan to jointly operate an eco-friendly fresh food delivery service using electric trucks equipped with ViewRun Technology’s LiDAR-based autonomous driving solution. TeamFresh will provide delivery management systems and fresh food logistics volume, while ViewRun Technology will safely transport fresh food ingredients from TeamFresh’s logistics centers to local stores using its self-developed autonomous electric trucks. The project will be further advanced by utilizing the high-definition maps (HD MAP) developed by Naver Labs.

Development of ViewRun Technology’s autonomous driving solution using electric trucks is already in its final stages, and starting from January next year, a pilot project will be launched mainly in the Pangyo area using TeamFresh’s delivery management system.

Kim Jaegwang, CEO of ViewRun Technology, said, "By leveraging our technology that succeeded in autonomous driving with just one LiDAR sensor, we will solve problems faced by numerous logistics operators and innovate the logistics industry." Lee Sungil, CEO of TeamFresh, expressed expectations, saying, "If we can ensure efficiency and safety by applying autonomous driving technology to fresh food dawn delivery services, there will be no more meaningful innovation in the logistics industry than this."

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