Daedong "Collaboration with Seoul National University... Aiming to Launch Autonomous Agricultural Machinery Next Year"

Meeting on the Current Status of Smart Agriculture Development with Seoul National University

Won Yuhyun, CEO of Daedong, and Kang Byungchul, professor at Seoul National University College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Daedong]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwak Minjae] Daedong announced on the 2nd that it held a meeting on the current status of smart agriculture development with Seoul National University.

In April of this year, Daedong signed a business agreement with Seoul National University for 'Research Cooperation and Commercialization Promotion in the Field of Smart Agriculture.' Based on this agreement, Daedong and Seoul National University are jointly conducting related technology research with the goals of 'promoting ultra-personalized health solution business' and 'developing autonomous agricultural machinery.'

The ultra-personalized health solution business focuses on providing health management products and services (such as diet and food) necessary for health promotion based on an individual's health status, eating habits, and genetic analysis results. Professor Kang Byungcheol of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University is in charge of overall cooperative research. The goal is to complete five detailed research projects related to the business by 2025.

The development of autonomous agricultural machinery is being promoted in collaboration with Professor Kim Hakjin of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University. To mass-produce and distribute agricultural machinery corresponding to the third stage of autonomous driving, Daedong is equipping its tractors with autonomous driving algorithms and conducting field tests in rice paddies and fields. Daedong aims to launch the autonomous driving stage 3 tractor and combine jointly developed with Seoul National University in the second half of next year.

Daedong CEO Won Yuhyun said, “We will closely cooperate with Seoul National University to internalize Daedong’s smart agriculture technology and spare no support for research and development.”

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