Kogarobotics Applies Autonomous Driving Technology to 'National Robot Quarantine System'

On the 14th, the 'Pandemic Response Robot and ICT Convergence Quarantine System Development Project Presentation' was held at COEX, hosted by the Quarantine Robot Project Group of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).

Kogarobotics' autonomous driving technology will be utilized in the establishment of the national robot quarantine system.

AI autonomous driving robot company Kogarobotics announced on the 18th that research results applying Kogarobotics' indoor autonomous driving robot technology were revealed at the 'Pandemic Response Robot·ICT Convergence Quarantine System Development Project Presentation' held at COEX on the 14th, hosted by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Quarantine Robot Project Group.

This technology briefing was held as part of the '2023 Korea International Hospital & Health Tech Expo' held at COEX from the 14th to the 16th. This development project, which started in 2021 to prepare lifestyle quarantine solutions to cope with new infectious diseases such as SARS, novel influenza, and COVID-19, is funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT with a total budget of 18.1 billion KRW over four years until 2024. The goal is to build a new quarantine system that efficiently responds to pandemics using robots and ICT, reducing the burden and risk on healthcare workers and the medical system.

At the technology briefing, research results on non-face-to-face automatic specimen extraction robots and intelligent autonomous quarantine robots were presented. Kogarobotics participated in building an intelligent goods transport and delivery robot system for use in residential treatment facilities in collaboration with Dr. Beomjae Yoo’s team at KIST.

Kogarobotics developed and supplied an indoor autonomous driving module solution that enables delivery robots in isolation treatment facilities to non-face-to-face deliver meals and medicines to patients and safely collect and transport medical waste. The feature is a 'marker-free' autonomous driving technology that allows the robot to accurately and quickly deliver goods by autonomously recognizing its surroundings without indoor ceiling-mounted markers or a separate operational environment system when moving or driving.

Kogarobotics is a robotics company focusing on productizing various robots with serving, logistics, and mobility functions based on its autonomous driving solution (CoNA Solution) and its self-developed robot operating system (COGA OS). Founded in 2017 by Professor Ilhong Seo, a global robotics scholar and professor emeritus at Hanyang University, along with his students, with the vision of creating a successful K-robot case purely based on domestic technology. They developed six types of serving robots called the ‘Servingo Family’ and started mass production of the ‘Servingo Classic,’ supplying to major distribution companies, golf courses, and restaurants. This year, they were also selected for the ‘Baby Unicorn 200 Development Project’ hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development.

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