Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as Gyeonggi Innovation Center) and Team Grit Co., Ltd. announced that they will hold ‘Remote Robot Battle CoPlay 2022’ on September 30th.
This event is part of the ‘5G ultra-low-latency WebRTC-based Metaverse open platform development project’ promoted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and exclusively managed by the Small and Medium Business Technology Information Promotion Agency, and is promoted to demonstrate ultra-low-latency remote control services.
Over the past two years, the global pandemic has led to the expansion of the non-face-to-face economic ecosystem and increased demand for ultra-realistic digital transformation, making it necessary to innovate the realistic media business environment to revitalize the remote economy. Accordingly, the biggest feature of the expansion of the non-face-to-face ecosystem is that it is possible to control robots and self-driving cars in real time even from a distance using ultra-low-latency WebRTC technology based on 5G communication networks, and to create various convergence services specialized for industrial sites. .
Using this technology, ‘Remote Robot Battle CoPlay 2022’ will be held with the concept of ‘playing and controlling robots with friends from far away’.
Contest participants will participate in the contest through the ‘WebRTC Media Platform’ developed by Team Grit Co., Ltd. The ‘Media Platform’ minimizes the delay in sending and receiving high-definition video from various IoT devices and provides real-time high-definition video sharing and Internet of Things remote control.
Remote Robot Battle CoPlay 2022 is a 5G ultra-low-latency remote control service that includes ▲PICK&DROP, where you control a robot remotely while watching a monitor and move blocks with tongs, and ▲SHOOT, where you control a robot remotely and shoot it into the goal. ) is divided into categories.
As for the competition schedule, 16 people will be selected for each event to advance to the finals through pre-practice and preliminary competitions in September. In the finals to be held on September 30, through a tournament-style field competition, each event will receive ▲one grand prize winner (prize money of 500,000 won and a right to participate in the Japanese competition), ▲one excellent prize winner (a prize of 300,000 won and a right to participate in the Japanese competition), and ▲one encouragement prize ( A total of 6 people are planned to be awarded, including a prize of 200,000 won.
Shin Hyun-sam, head of the Gyeonggi Innovation Center, said, “We are holding this competition to revitalize ultra-realistic non-face-to-face business through the demonstration of 5G ultra-low-latency remote control services. We hope that this will create specialized convergence services in various industrial sites.” He expressed his feelings.
Meanwhile, those wishing to participate can apply through the Gyeonggi Innovation Center website until the 19th.
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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