Hyundai Mobis is the automotive part unit of Hyundai Motor Group, but the company is hitting accelerator to develop self-driving automobile technology.
Hyundai Mobis Mabuk Technical Center opened its research lab to the public view and demonstrated self-driving technology on May 5. The center aims to be in the “global top tier” of automotive part suppliers by 2020. The center in Yongin, Gyeonggi works on various vehicle Infotainment, mechatronics (chassis, safety, vision systems), autonomous (self-driving, vision perception), and many projects.
Of late, eco-friendliness and self-driving technology are the most-sought-after topics in the global automobile industry.
True to its vision of being a global eco-friendly automotive supplier, 2,600 employees work at the Mabuk Technical Center on a lot of about 90,000 sq. meters.
Hyundai Mobis has commercialized driving assistant systems (DASs) such as a lane departure warning system, which backs up autonomous driving technology. Out of autonomous driving levels one through four, Hyundai Mobis have some commercialized technologies at Level Two, and the company aims to raise autonomous driving partly to Level Three by 2020 autonomous parking is possible without the driver’s awareness of his or her surroundings.
Connecting V2X (vehicle to anything) is a must for complete autonomous driving. But there is a long road ahead for the widespread use of the V2X connectivity system. Related infrastructure is now insufficient.
To cope with changing industry trends, the Mabuk Technical Center is working on electronic magnetic interference to determine how automotive components malfunction.
Researchers are seen working on the research of recognition change while driving at the User Experience (UX) Lab, which was opened to the public for the first time.
Hyundai Mobis Hosts 7th 'Technology Forum'
Hyundai Mobis is increasing opportunities for technical exchange to secure original future car technologies, such as environmentally-friendly cars and intelligent cars, which have emerged as new growth engines in the automotive industry.
On April 28, Hyundai Mobis announced that it would invite 26 local and overseas experts, consisting of university professors and researchers from institutions and organizations, and hold the industry-academia ‘Technology Forum’ from May to November.
This forum was first held in 2010, and this year marks its 7th anniversary. The forum began with the aim of actively embracing the knowledge and ideas of external experts from various fields, and thus improving the R&D capabilities of Hyundai Mobis.
As part of the forum, the company will hold professional technical seminars and workshops, and receive feedback from experts in various fields and explore the direction of developing advanced environmentally-friendly and intelligent vehicle technologies.
This year’s Technology Forum is divided into nine subcommittees. Reflecting the latest technological trends, the forum is divided into DAS (Driver Assistance System); environmentally-friendliness; safety; lamps; design; chassis and materials; and a total of 26 technical seminars will be held.
Automobiles and Internet of Things (IoT) interworking technology; autonomous driving image processing platform; and technology for improving the performance of the In-Wheel (integrating the driving and braking system in the wheels of the car) system were selected as key topics of the seminar. Of particular interest is the Deep-Learning-based image recognition technology, which recently attracted fame for being the learning method used by the ‘artificial intelligence’ AlphaGo.
Hyundai Mobis’s Efforts to Promote Shared Growth with Cooperative Partners
Hyundai Mobis is ramping up shared growth with its cooperative partners. This is part of efforts to enhance quality competitiveness on the part of both the automotive supplier and automakers. To this end, Hyundai Mobis has developed and implemented diverse program to ramp up management and productivity.
Among the seven programs Hyundai Mobis has been putting into practice since 2010 projects involving financial support, technology capability support, educational/manpower support, support to secondary cooperative partners, and the following of fair transactions. To ensure the efficient operation of such programs, Hyundai Mobis has introduced a shared growth performance management system.
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