Kakao Mobility collaborates with Korea University on defense AI... Development of a manned/unmanned complex control platform

Kakao Mobility announced on the 6th that it signed a business agreement (MOU) with Korea University's C5ISRT Convergence Research Institute for research and business cooperation in the field of defense artificial intelligence (AI).

The two sides agreed to cooperate in AI-based command, control, surveillance and reconnaissance, development of a manned and unmanned complex control platform, and training of defense AI experts.

We are also participating in the ‘Military-Industry-Academia Cooperation Center’ project being built in Yongsan, Seoul.

This agreement was promoted to apply Kakao Mobility's accumulated AI-based demand forecasting, optimal dispatch, route optimization, and control technology to the defense field.

In particular, we plan to expand the technology to integrate and control different unmanned equipment such as drones, multi-pedal robots, and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) on one platform and optimally deploy and operate resources based on the collected information to the defense field.

Through this, we are pursuing a plan to develop the manned/unmanned complex control platform into a common/standard platform in the defense field.

A manned/unmanned complex system is a system in which manned and unmanned equipment operated by humans collaborate to carry out joint operations.

Korea University's C5ISRT Convergence Research Institute is an organization that researches advanced command and control and battlefield awareness systems that integrate command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and target processing.

Recently, it was selected as the lead agency to operate the Yongsan Military-Industry-Academia Cooperation Center together with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Ryu Geung-seon, CEO of Kakao Mobility, said, "We want to apply future mobility core technologies and platform operation capabilities to the defense field. We will actively support defense AX to help strengthen the competitiveness of the domestic defense industry and secure capabilities to respond to future warfare."