KAIST (President Kwang-Hyung Lee) introduced future mobility technology and forecasted the future direction of mobility development.

The Seoul Mobility Show Organizing Committee (Chairman: Man-ki Jeong, Chairman of the Korea Automobile Industry Association) and KAIST held a conference on December 1st with the theme of ‘Future Technology of the Mobility Revolution: Mobility Initiatives by KAIST.’

At the conference held that day, a wide range of cutting-edge technologies were introduced, from future mobility element technologies to systems and services, and an in-depth approach was taken to the direction and vision that future mobility should take.

In the morning session, Professor Kwon In-so gave a keynote speech on the topic of 'Connected Cars: Focusing on the KAIST Campus Case', followed by Kakao Mobility Director Jang Seong-wook's presentation on 'Autonomous Driving Platform Development Strategy', SK Planet Group Director Jang Seok-woong's presentation on 'Application Cases of Deep Learning-based Smart Factory Solutions to the Automotive Parts Industry and Mobility-related Industries', Professor Shim Hyeon-cheol's presentation on 'The Direction of Next-Generation Unmanned Vehicle Technology Development', and Professor Geum Dong-seok's presentation on 'Towards Global Autonomous Driving'. A panel discussion was then held, moderated by Professor Jang Dong-ui.

In the afternoon session, various cutting-edge mobility technologies were introduced, including Professor Kang Nam-woo's 'AI-designed mobility', Professor Kim Jin-hwan's 'Marine mobility and autonomous ship technology', Professor Choi Jeong-woo's 'Next-generation infotainment system based on personal acoustic space', Professor Park In-cheol's 'FPGA-based AI system for real-time object recognition', Professor Yoon Jun-bo's 'Magic Lighting Seat, illuminating future mobility', and Professor Hong Seong-cheol's 'Next-generation high-resolution digital radar'.

In his congratulatory address, Vice President for External Affairs Kim Bo-won said, “In a situation where the ecosystem and the survival of human society are threatened by climate change, the roles of the automobile, mobility industry, and academia in the development of eco-friendly transportation technology are growing.” He continued, “KAIST has selected mobility technology as a key keyword for the coming era, and is securing world-class future mobility technology and fostering talent through various interdisciplinary majors, including the Cho Cheon-sik Graduate School of Green Transportation and the Future Automobile Interdisciplinary Major.”

Meanwhile, in addition to this conference, KAIST also held a session titled '2021 Seoul Mobility Show Metaverse'. In addition to the nine technologies presented at the conference, the session also presented a total of about 30 technologies in the form of metaverse, including 13 autonomous driving-related technologies from KAIST (feature-based SLAM for autonomous vehicles, vehicle path optimization, robust object recognition technology, autonomous ships, etc.) and five robot-related technologies (quadruped robots, drone-type wall-climbing robots, mole robots, drone manipulators, etc.).

Additionally, on the 26th, a business agreement was signed with the Korea Automobile Industry Association for the development of mobility technology.

KAIST is operating an exhibition booth at the Seoul Mobility Show. At the booth, KAIST is exhibiting new mobility technologies and products, such as an open platform for autonomous electric vehicles, autonomous driving and flying cars, and a building wall-climbing robot.