KAIST-Hyundai Motor Collaboration on Autonomous Racing Car Development

Agreement Signed on the 23rd

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Hyundai Motor Company have joined forces to research high-speed autonomous driving vehicle technology.

Professor Shim Hyun-chul's research team from KAIST's Department of Electrical Engineering announced on the morning of the 23rd that they signed a contract with Hyundai Motor Company regarding this collaboration. Specifically, Hyundai will provide research funding to KAIST, and KAIST will share expertise and experience related to high-speed autonomous driving technology and cooperate in promotional activities.

Professor Shim's team is the first-generation autonomous driving research lab in Korea, having started autonomous driving research in 2009, before the technology became widespread domestically. Through continuous research over the past 15 years, they won the '2021 Hyundai Motor Group Autonomous Driving Challenge' and secured first place for two consecutive years ('19?'20) in the 'Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenge Control Intelligence Division' hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, receiving commendations from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Science and ICT, demonstrating excellence in the unmanned systems field. In 2021, they participated as the only Asian team in the 'Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC),' a high-speed autonomous vehicle race exceeding 300 km/h, and placed 4th.

KAIST to Participate in CES 2022 Autonomous Driving Racing Competition
(Daejeon=Yonhap News) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on the 9th that it will participate in the "Autonomous Driving Racing," an official event of the world's largest electronics and information technology exhibition "CES 2022," held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (IMS) in the United States in January next year.
The KAIST Unmanned Systems Research Team secured a spot in CES 2022 by finishing among the four teams that completed the course out of nine teams at the "Indy Autonomous Challenge" (IAC) held in Indianapolis, USA, on October 23. The photo shows the KAIST Indy racing car and research team participating in the IAC competition. Photo by Yonhap News.

Following the IAC, they also competed for two consecutive years as the only Asian team in the 'CES Autonomous Driving Challenge,' competing on equal footing with research teams from racing powerhouses such as Germany and Italy, gaining international recognition for their technological capabilities. Based on their performance at the competition held last January, they secured a spot in the next event and plan to continue participating in the competition held this June at the Monza track in Italy and next year's CES event.

Seong Nak-seop, Executive Director of Hyundai Motor Company's Research and Development Management Planning Office, said, "We expect that this partnership will serve as an opportunity to enhance the safety and performance of not only high-speed vehicles but also general autonomous vehicles through research on high-speed autonomous driving." He added, "Despite many challenges, we will support Professor Shim Hyun-chul's KAIST team, the only Asian team to challenge the global stage with high-speed autonomous driving technology research."

Professor Shim also expressed his thoughts, saying, "It is an honor to receive support from Hyundai Motor Company, which has continuously hosted domestic autonomous driving competitions since 2010 and supported research at various universities to expand the base of autonomous driving technology in Korea." He added, "We expect to achieve even better results in the upcoming competitions held in Italy and the United States, thanks to this support."

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