Woowa Brothers Hosts Robot Delivery Challenge... 15 Universities Participate

"Continuous Efforts to Find Excellent Robot Technology and Talent"

Baedal Minjok hosted a robot delivery competition for the second consecutive year, showcasing delivery technology using robots. Woowa Brothers, the operator of Baedal Minjok, announced on the 29th that they held the ‘Baedal Minjok Robot Delivery Challenge’ competition.

First launched last year, the Robot Delivery Challenge was conducted by having autonomous robots compete in delivery tasks on courses designed to reflect real delivery environments. Woowa Brothers organized this competition to raise interest in robot delivery technology and to discover outstanding robot technology and talent.

The event, held over two days on the 25th and 26th at KINTEX in Ilsan, consisted of two categories: the ‘Autonomous Driving Mission,’ where autonomous driving is performed in a simulation environment, and the ‘Robot Delivery Mission,’ where robots directly carry out deliveries on courses with various obstacles.

On the 26th at KINTEX in Ilsan, the 'RO:BIT' team participated in the robot delivery mission category of the 'Baemin Delivery Robot Challenge,' performing deliveries with a robot on the driving course.

A total of 97 participants from 15 universities, including Kyung Hee University, Korea University of Technology and Education, Chungnam National University, and Sookmyung Women’s University, took part after document screening by category. In the Autonomous Driving Mission category, the ‘Woowa Bureung Ping’ team from Kyung Hee University took first place, while the ‘GADGET’ team from Korea University of Technology and Education won in the Robot Delivery Mission category.

Seungryong Jeon, a professional from Samsung Electronics SR who participated as a judge, commented, “Even within the simulation environment, we could observe stable autonomous driving technology as if operating in real life. Despite constraints such as limited personnel and budget, it was an opportunity to see original robot ideas demonstrating various driving strategies.”

Prizes were awarded to a total of eight teams with excellent results, including the Prime Minister’s Award (3 million KRW), Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award (3 million KRW), Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement Award (2 million KRW), Korean Intellectual Property Office Commissioner Award (2 million KRW), Baedal Minjok Special Award (3 million KRW), and Morai Special Award (1 million KRW), among other awards from the host and related organizations. Woowa Brothers also plans to offer special benefits such as job interview opportunities and technology utilization to the awardees.

Myung-sik Kim, head of Woowa Brothers Robotics LAB, said, “We raised the difficulty level compared to last year by creating a driving environment closer to actual delivery situations, and various robot technologies were showcased throughout the competition. We will continue to strive to develop practical technologies related to robot delivery and to discover outstanding talent.”

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