The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) unveiled advanced future mobility technologies, including technology that realizes proactive autonomous driving through artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning, to the general public.

KAIST participated in the '2021 Seoul Mobility Show' held at KINTEX Hall 2 for 10 days from November 26 to December 5.

At this exhibition, KAIST showcased advanced mobility technologies including △autonomous vehicles △autonomous robots △flying cars.

In particular, KAIST demonstrated autonomous driving cut-in technology utilizing VILS (Vehicle in the Loop Simulation) and introduced autonomous driving technology that enables safe and proactive lane changes.

Most existing autonomous driving technologies are passive, conforming to driving environments, failing to secure advantageous positions in driving scenarios where vehicle-to-vehicle interaction is critical, resulting in significantly reduced driving efficiency. Additionally, in high-traffic situations, the risk of collision during autonomous driving technology testing and validation is extremely high.

To address this, KAIST developed a cut-in algorithm through proactive space creation via △Finite State Machine-based high-level decision making △AI-based low-level decision making △algorithm validation using VILS.

Through this technology, KAIST achieved a lane change success rate of 95.32% and collision avoidance rate of 99.56% at Traffic Level 6 designated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

This technology is expected to be extended to various situations where vehicle-to-vehicle interaction is emphasized, such as uncontrolled intersections and toll gate sections, enabling the development of safe and efficient autonomous driving technology.

A KAIST official stated, "Through this mobility show, we will introduce KAIST's future mobility technologies under research and provide opportunities for technology networking, thereby creating diverse industry-academic collaboration and technology commercialization opportunities in the future."