Naver Cloud announced on the 15th that it will work with Naver Labs and autonomous driving simulation company MORAI to strengthen the use of autonomous driving simulation in the public market and revitalize related businesses.
Through this cooperation, the three companies plan to actively participate in related public projects in line with the expansion of the autonomous driving market and accelerate their efforts to target the private market.
To quickly verify the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles, it is necessary to conduct large-scale scenario simulation tests in a virtual space identical to the real environment. To implement this, precise maps and cloud graphics processing devices are essential.
This year, Naver Cloud plans to secure a reference for utilizing Naver Cloud infrastructure in the self-driving market by attracting the Morai self-driving simulation service-type software solution that combines GPU resources with Naver Labs’ precision map production solution ‘Alike’. Morai plans to actively utilize autonomous driving simulation solutions in its future business.
Starting next year, we plan to support Morai’s entry into the public market in earnest, focusing on autonomous driving technology innovation projects and autonomous driving test bed expansion tasks, and continue collaboration to establish itself as a Korean standard unmanned vehicle simulation platform. In addition, we are preparing to expand the private market for industry, academia and research institutes in the field of self-driving development of future unmanned vehicles such as autonomous vehicles, robots, urban air mobility (UAM), and drones.
CEO Hong Jun of Morai said, “By collaborating with Team Naver, we have created an environment where customers can perform large-scale simulation work on Naver Cloud. “We will continue to actively cooperate to advance simulation technology and standardize autonomous driving certification technology so that customers can respond to all stages, including development, verification, and certification evaluation of self-driving cars, on Morai’s simulation platform.” Baek Jong-yoon, leader of the autonomous driving group at Naver Labs, said, “Autonomous driving simulation using city digital twin data is a representative use case of Arc Bus,” and added, “This cooperation will be able to provide a new avenue for many organizations researching autonomous driving.” Emphasized.
“With the ‘Team Naver’ strategy, we are continuously collaborating to help companies conveniently introduce Naver’s latest technologies through cloud services,” said Sangyoung Han, managing director of Naver Cloud’s strategy and planning department. “We will continue to partner with leading companies in the industry in the future.” “We will activate it to support digital innovation in the public sector.”
Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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