KDDI and LG Uplus to provide ‘smart drones’ for infrastructure projects
*This is a machine-translated text of the original article.
On April 13, KDDI Corporation announced that together with LG Uplus Corp (headquarters: South Korea Seoul, CEO: Ha Hyun Hwoi), it will start offering a drone “G6.0” manufactured by Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation (hereafter, CIRC). Compatible with smart drone platform, it will be available in Japan and Korea after summer 2020.
G6.0 is a portable, AI-compliant, all-autonomous flight drone with high dust/waterproof performance of 500mm in size and 3kg or less in weight.
The combined use of the G6.0 dedicated drone port “Nest” capable of high-precision takeoff/landing and recharging enables efficient and safe work without the need for workers to go to the site.
Therefore, it is expected to be utilized for monitoring work and inspection work in infrastructure and wide-area facilities.
G6.0 is the first step in a business alliance signed by KDDI Corporation and LG Uplus on June 27, 2019 to develop drone infrastructure. It supports the standardization of communication modules and interfaces for smart drone platforms.
The three companies will continue to expand their global airframe lineup to connect to the Smart Drone Platform, creating new experiential value for the social implementation of drones.
Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/04/13/kddi-14/