Kakao Mobility said on the 29th that it presented a future roadmap for the commercialization of autonomous driving services at an academic conference hosted by the Korean Society of Transportation.
Kakao Mobility attended the 93rd fall academic conference of the Korean Society of Transportation, held at Jeju Shinhwa World from 25th to 26th, and co-hosted a joint session with The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) under the theme of "remote operation and safety management to complete unmanned autonomous driving services." Attendees included Kim Hong-mok, Director General for Mobility Vehicles at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kim Young-gi, Chairperson of the Autonomous Driving Committee at The National Academy of Engineering of Korea, Park Bok-gyu, chair of the Korea Federation of Taxi Association, and Hong Seon-gi, acting chair of the Korea Federation of Individual Taxi Association.
The session covered the following topics: ◇ the industrial ecosystem for autonomous driving services, ◇ domestic and overseas trends in autonomous driving services and user acceptance, ◇ a proposal to introduce a "driving operator" to secure reliability and advancement of unmanned autonomous driving services, and ◇ a preliminary study to establish an on-site service response system for unmanned autonomous passenger car transportation businesses. In particular, participants noted the need for a responsible entity for the stable operation of autonomous driving services.
In addition, Kakao Mobility held a session under the theme of "data-driven mobility innovation," sharing with participants cases of advancing technology based on data, the results of the temporary integration of taxi business zones in the capital region, and the data generation logic to improve speed prediction performance in KakaoNavi. It also joined the session on "the function and role of transportation for revitalizing the national economy" to examine the impact and growth potential of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the mobility industry.
A Kakao Mobility official said, "Through our participation in this Korean Society of Transportation academic conference, we shared the data and AI technological capabilities we have accumulated with academia and explored the future direction of Korea's mobility industry together," adding, "We will continue to work with stakeholders, including domestic startups, to build and invigorate the domestic autonomous driving service ecosystem."