▲ Yang In-beom, Professor of Smart Automotive Engineering at Soonchunhyang University

Presenting a shift in perspective including autonomous objects and diversifying industrial approaches
Autonomous Things, Sharing of Autonomous Driving Technology, and Lower Market Entry Barriers

Experts have suggested that new approaches are needed through the diversification of industrial approaches to future mobility.

The Korean Society for Reliability held a technology seminar at the 2022 Tech Inside Show, held at KINTEX in Ilsan on the 3rd, and shared issues and trends in future mobility.

Professor Yang In-beom of the Department of Smart Automotive Engineering at Soonchunhyang University suggested a shift in perspective to include the field of autonomous objects as a future approach to the parts industry, along with the diversification of industrial approaches to future mobility.

He stated that an integrated approach to autonomous objects, autonomous driving, and future mobility is necessary.

Autonomous Things is a collective term for devices or equipment that possess autonomy based on artificial intelligence and IoT, encompassing autonomous vehicles, autonomous flying drones, robots, etc.

This began to attract attention as Gartner excluded autonomous vehicles from its top 10 technology strategic trends for 2020 and replaced them with autonomous objects.

The autonomous objects industry has a vast scope, including mobility such as autonomous vehicles, industrial applications such as transport and construction support robots, household applications such as smart shopping carts and robots for the disabled, military applications such as security robots, and research and exploration applications used in extreme environments.

One of the reasons autonomous objects are emerging is that they share core technologies with the field of cooperative autonomous driving, and the barriers to market entry are relatively low.

The ability to create new industries in various fields, such as agriculture and autonomous driving, as well as the accumulation of technology and operational know-how that enables linkage and expansion to Level 4 or higher autonomous driving, are also cited as major advantages of the autonomous objects industry.

Professor Yang In-beom stated that for the reasons mentioned above, autonomous objects, autonomous driving, and future mobility should be approached from an integrated perspective.

From this perspective, autonomous driving and electric drive platforms are fundamental, and the importance of UI/UX and service platforms is emerging.

Human Vehicle Interface (HVI) is called the fourth core technology of autonomous vehicles.

There are research findings suggesting that the control transfer time for autonomous vehicles should be considered up to 4 seconds, and based on the opinions of various experts that this is necessary from Level 2, the argument that interface innovation is needed is gaining traction.

The ultimate destination of mobility is people, and to solve challenges such as usability and acceptance, innovation in V2X and UX that includes pedestrians is necessary.

For Level 4 and higher autonomous driving, the lack of social operational experience is perceived as a greater problem than the technology itself, and the establishment of communication infrastructure and the situational response capabilities of AI are not yet perfect.

Professor Yang stated, “The industry must broaden its perspective and devise various measures for an industrial approach to future mobility,” adding that “it will also assist in a shift in perspective to include the field of autonomous objects and in the transitional strategies of automotive parts companies.”