Hanbin Lee, CEO of AI-based autonomous logistics startup Seoul Robotics, announced on the 2nd that he received the Prime Minister's Award for his contribution to the development of the software industry in 2025 at the '26th Software Industry Day' ceremony.
CEO Lee Han-bin was recognized for demonstrating K-software technology and contributing to strengthening the competitiveness of the domestic software industry by exporting self-developed AI deep learning-based autonomous driving software to Europe and Japan.
This CEO majored in mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University and won first place in the LiDAR category of the 2017 Silicon Valley Autonomous Driving Software Competition. That same year, he founded Seoul Robotics, pioneering the field of industrial autonomous driving. Last year, he received his alma mater's "Outstanding Alumni Under 35 Award."
Seoul Robotics has entered the Japanese market by winning a contract for a logistics automation project at a Nissan Group factory and is currently discussing investment opportunities with Woven Capital, an investment subsidiary of the Toyota Group. Its core technology, the "Level 5 Control Tower (LV5 CTRL TWR)," enables fully autonomous driving in confined environments without driver intervention. It also enables accurate object recognition and integrated control of dozens of vehicles, even in heavy snow and rain.
Seoul Robotics' technology was selected as a '2025 Next-Generation World-Class Product' by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA, and has applied for and registered 14 domestic patents and 27 overseas patents.
CEO Lee Han-bin said, “The Prime Minister’s Award is recognition of our achievements in exporting AI autonomous driving software developed with domestic technology to the global market and demonstrating Korea’s technological prowess to the world.” He added, “We will invest the funds secured after listing on KOSDAQ in R&D and recruiting global talent to establish ourselves as a global leader in autonomous driving software.”
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