Rise of the Robots: Baedal Minjok Hosts Korea’s First-Ever Robot Delivery Showdown
▲ Woowa Brothers Co., Ltd., the operator of Baedal Minjok, announced on October 29 that they held the ‘Baedal Minjok Robot Delivery Challenge’ competition at KINTEX in Ilsan over two days, October 25th and 26th.
Baedal Minjok held Korea’s only robot delivery competition. The competition to compete on delivery technology using robots was held for the second year in a row, following last year.
Woowa Brothers Co., Ltd., the operator of Baedal Minjok, announced on October 29 that it held the ‘Baedal Minjok Robot Delivery Challenge’ competition at KINTEX in Ilsan over two days, October 25th and 26th.
The Robot Delivery Challenge, which first started last year, was conducted in a delivery competition using self-driving robots on a course that took into account the actual delivery environment. Woowa Brothers held this competition to raise interest in robot delivery technology and find excellent robot technology and talent.
This competition was held in two categories: the ‘Autonomous Driving Mission’, which involves autonomous driving in a simulation environment, and the ‘Robot Delivery Mission’, which involves direct delivery with a robot on a driving course with various obstacles.
A total of 97 people from 15 universities, including Kyung Hee University, Korea University of Technology and Education, Chungnam National University, and Sookmyung Women’s University, participated in this challenge after screening documents for each category. In the autonomous driving mission category, the ‘Elegant Vrooming’ team from Kyunghee University took first place. In the robot delivery mission category, the ‘GADGET’ team from Korea University of Technology and Education won.
A total of 8 teams of winners include the Prime Minister’s Award (3 million won in prize money), the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Award (3 million won), the Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency Director’s Award (2 million won), the Korean Intellectual Property Office Director’s Award (2 million won), the Baedal Minjok Special Award (3 million won), and the Morai Awards were given to the host and related organizations, including a special award (1 million won).
Kim Myeong-sik, manager of Woowa Brothers Robotics LAB, said, “We will continue to make efforts to develop practical technologies related to robot delivery and discover excellent human resources.”
Delivery Nation Hosts Korea’s Only Robot Delivery Competition
-Challenge utilizes robots to compete in delivery technology to find outstanding robot technology and talent
-97 participants from 15 universities participated in two categories: ‘Autonomous Driving Mission’ and ‘Robot Delivery Mission’
Delivery Nation held the only robot delivery competition in Korea. This is the second consecutive year that the competition, which utilizes robots to compete for delivery technology, has been held.
Ua Han Brothers, the operating company of Delivery.ethnic, announced on October 29 that it held the ‘Delivery.ethnic Robot Delivery Challenge’ competition at Kintex in Ilsan on October 25 and 26.
The robot delivery challenge, which was first launched last year, was held by competing in a delivery competition using autonomous robots on a course that considers the actual delivery environment. Elegant Brothers organized the competition to raise interest in robot delivery technology and find excellent robot technology and talent.
The competition was divided into two categories: ‘Autonomous Driving Mission’, which involved autonomous driving in a simulated environment, and ‘Robot Delivery Mission’, which involved direct delivery by robots on a driving course with various obstacles.
The challenge attracted 97 participants from 15 universities, including Kyunghee University, Korea Advanced Institute of Technology, Chungnam National University, and Sookmyung Women’s University, who were screened for each category. In the autonomous driving mission category, the team from Kyunghee University won first place. In the robot delivery mission category, the GADGET team from Korea Advanced Institute of Technology won.
The winners of the eight teams were awarded the Prime Minister’s Award (3 million won), the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award (3 million won), the Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency Award (2 million won), the Korea Intellectual Property Office Award (2 million won), the Delivery Nation Special Award (3 million won), and the Morai Special Award (1 million won).
“We will continue to strive to develop practical technologies related to robot delivery and discover excellent human resources,” said Kim Myung-sik, a representative of Elegant Brothers Robotics Lab.