Mobirus Selected as Prime Contractor for Unmanned Farm Robot Subtask 3 under Ministry of Industry

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Mobirus Selected as Prime Contractor for Unmanned Farm Robot Subtask 3 under Ministry of Industry

Published2026.09.14 10:59

Total R&D Investment of 8.78 Billion Won, Dedicated to Integration of Domestic NPU-Based Computing Platform, OS, and Sensors

Mobirus has been selected as the prime contractor for Subtask 3 in the unmanned farm robot project under the 'K-On-Device AI Semiconductor Technology Development Project' led by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT). The company will form a consortium with Daedong and Mobilint to undertake development of an agricultural Physical AI platform based on domestic NPU.

Mobirus announced on the 14th that it has been finally selected as the prime contractor for Subtask 3 in the 'Development of Unmanned Farm Robot Technology Based on Domestic On-Device AI Semiconductors' project under the 'K-On-Device AI Semiconductor Technology Development Project'.

The total R&D budget for Subtask 3 is 8.78 billion won (6.6 billion won in government support).

Mobirus will oversee the overall development of AI-based unmanned farm work solutions, with Daedong AgTech responsible for AI models, Sure Soft Tech for model validation, and Seoul National University for operational scenario development and demonstration respectively.

The entire unmanned farm robot project will be conducted from July 2026 to December 2030 with total project funding of approximately 43.1 billion won, with participation from 14 industry-academia-research institutions.

The subtasks consist of △farm work robot (Subtask 1) △AI semiconductor (Subtask 2) △autonomous farm work AI (Subtask 3).

Subtask 1 is led by Daedong Robotics in developing an unmanned precision farm work robot platform, with participation from Rainbow Robotics and Koros Robotics, among others.

Subtask 2 is handled by fabless company Mobilint and the Korea Electronics Technology Institute in developing AI semiconductors optimized for agricultural environments and building development environments.

Daedong is responsible for overall project coordination.

Agricultural sites face limited communication conditions, and work environments vary greatly depending on crop type, growth stage, and terrain, making real-time control difficult with cloud-dependent approaches.

Mobirus will develop autonomous farm work AI models based on camera and sensor data, and construct computing platforms and software stacks capable of real-time operation in Mobilint's domestic AI semiconductor environment.

The AI System-on-Chip (SoC), a key development target, is designed to execute multiple AI functions such as autonomous driving, crop recognition, and obstacle avoidance on the robot itself.

The project will proceed with core technology and prototype acquisition from 2026 to 2028, followed by actual farm demonstration and commercialization foundation building from 2029 to 2030.

Byung-ho Cho, CEO of Mobirus, stated, "This is an important case of implementing autonomous work technology verified in the field on domestic AI semiconductors. Starting with unmanned farm robots, we will expand technology application and business opportunities across Physical AI in general, where real-time on-device AI is required."

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