LS Mtron Collaborates with Hanwha Aero to Develop 'Fully Unmanned Autonomous Work Tractor'

Challenge of Unmanned Operation with Integrated Navigation System
Commercial Success of Autonomous Work Tractor in 2021

LS Group's industrial machinery and advanced components specialist LS Mtron announced on the 16th that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hanwha Aerospace to develop fully unmanned autonomous work tractor technology.

Through this MOU, the two companies will collaborate to develop a fully unmanned autonomous work tractor based on an integrated navigation system. The integrated navigation system combines satellite navigation and inertial navigation technologies to provide precise location information. This system helps the tractor continue working toward the final target point without stopping even if there is a GPS signal error.

On the 14th, at the LS Mtron Jeonju Plant in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, Lee Sang-min, Head of LS Mtron Track Business Division (fifth from the right), Kim Kwang-jin, Head of Hanwha Aerospace Navigation Business Center, and other officials took a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement for cooperation in the development of autonomous work tractors.
[Photo by LS Mtron]

LS Mtron will derive the specifications for navigation sensors to optimize the performance of the autonomous work tractor, while Hanwha Aerospace plans to verify the performance of the navigation system for sensor fusion and autonomous driving.

LS Mtron successfully commercialized the autonomous work tractor for the first time in Korea in 2021 and has already introduced a Level 3.5 autonomous work tractor equipped with obstacle detection and emergency stop functions to the market.

Through this collaboration, leveraging Hanwha Aerospace's defense navigation system technology, they aim to accelerate the development of a Level 4 fully unmanned autonomous work tractor.

Lee Sang-min, Head of the Tractor Business Division at LS Mtron, said, "The core of autonomous work tractors is positional accuracy and reliability, and the integrated navigation system is an essential technology to realize this. Through this collaboration, we will further advance our technology to achieve full unmanned operation of tractors."

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