Sierra Base (CEO Kim Song-hyun) , a beneficiary of the Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovation's (Director Oh Deuk-chang) open innovation support project, received the Best of Innovation Award for its intelligent robot safety diagnosis solution, SIRIUS, at CES 2025, the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition, earning global recognition for its technological prowess and innovation.
Sierra Base announced on the 5th that its safety inspection monitoring intelligence platform, 'SIRIUS', won the Best Innovation Award in the Smart Cities category from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the organizer of CES.
Each year, prior to the opening of CES, Innovation Awards are presented to products and services recognized for their innovativeness. The Best of Innovation Award is given to the product or service that demonstrates the most outstanding innovation in each category.
Sierra Base revolutionized the field of structural inspection with SIRIUS. Combining 3D map-based autonomous flight using proprietary rotational LiDAR technology, SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) in GPS-shadowed areas, and AI-based damage detection and analysis, SIRIUS has set a new standard for infrastructure and building safety inspections. In particular, SIRIUS has been highly praised for its precision, capable of detecting microcracks as small as 0.1 mm, through its stable 3D map-based flight, and its web-based integrated management solution.
SIRIUS's technological prowess was further developed through the Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovation's open innovation program. In collaboration with SK Telecom, Sierrabase successfully completed a PoC (Proof of Concept) project for a "3D inspection and monitoring automation solution utilizing autonomous drones and robots for non-face-to-face video recording and integrated operation and management of digital twins." Through multiple field trials targeting SK Telecom's communication towers and security facilities, SIRIUS demonstrated the effectiveness of a facility inspection solution based on digital transformation and significantly enhanced the potential for technology commercialization.
Kim Song-hyun, CEO of Sierra Base, said, “Winning the Best Innovation Award is a recognition of our technological prowess and our potential for expansion in the global market,” adding, “We will expand our technology globally, including North America and Europe, to realize sustainable infrastructure safety.”
Regarding this, Oh Deuk-chang, director of the Sejong Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, said, “Sierra Base’s success is the result of technological innovation and continuous challenges, and it has become an opportunity to make the potential of the local startup ecosystem known to the world,” and “We will continue to spare no support so that innovative startups can be recognized on the global stage.”
Sierra Base is currently expanding into Japan and the Middle East. CES 2025 will serve as an opportunity to expand into the North American and European markets. The company has successfully completed over 50 projects in Korea to date. Building on this experience, the company is preparing to make a leap forward in the global market.
Sierra Base's SIRIUS, winner of the CES 2025 Best of Innovation Award, will be available from the 7th to the 10th at the K-Startup Integrated Pavilion in Hall G of the Venetian Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA, and at the Innovation Awards Exhibition Space in Hall A of the Venetian EXCO. It will be unveiled to the press for the first time at 'CES UNVEILED' held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA, on the 5th.
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