DAEGU < invest Korea

Laying 'Blue Print' Foundation for City of Robots

Establishment of National Robot Test Field

The National Robot Test Field

• Period / Cost: 2024 - 2030 /KRW 199.75 billion (government funding of KRW 130.5 bn, city funding of 52 bn, and private investment of KRW 17.25 bn)
• Lead Organization: Korea Evaluation Institute Of Industrial Technology at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)
• Project content: Robot demonstration technology development, Data linkage & utilization technology development, and establishment & management of the demonstration infrastructure

Attracting Global Innovation Special Zone

• Securing an opportunity to enter and preoccupy the global robot market though the "Global Innovation Special Zone" designation
  * Innovation Special Zone : it constitutes an extended concept of regulation-free special zone and, if designated, the city is provided with tax benefits and support for R&D and infrastructure
• Building business-accumulated infrastructure, ramping up special regulations (e.g. tax credit) , Providing fund and capital support, etc.

Development of Technology Tailored to Growing Demands for Delivery and Risk-Aversion

• Setting up Autonomous Mobility Robot (AMR) ultra wide band (Daegu, Gyeongbuk) support system
  * (MOTIE) designated contest (Jan. 2023)
• Remote-control robot technology support in case of fire or disaster
  * (MSIT) contest and designation (1H 2023)

Designated as Regulation-Free Special Zone for Mobile Cooperative Robots

• Duration / Location : 2020 - 2024 / Daegu Seongseo Industrial Complex, the 3rd Industrial Complex, Daegu Technopolis (8.3㎢)
• Designated as the Special Zone (Jul. 2020) and cooperation of four large homegrown companies in robotics industry (Hyundai, LG, Hanhwa, Doosan) (MOU and lunching ceremony in Nov. 2020)