NearsLab, a drone AI technology company, announced on the 11th that its vision AI-based flight control technology won the 106th IR52 Jang Yeong-sil Award hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The Jang Yeong-sil Award is a technology award given to companies and organizations with excellent new technology products and research achievements that have contributed to the advancement of domestic industrial technology.
The technology that won this time is an image recognition-based flight control technology that detects targets and creates autonomous flight paths using only camera images mounted on a drone without using expensive LiDAR sensors. It is a core technology applied to all of Near Lab’s product lines, and has been highly evaluated for securing both cost efficiency and practicality.
This technology was first applied to the field of wind power plant inspection and was commercialized through the mobile-based autonomous inspection solution 'NearthWind Mobile'. Users can grant autonomous flight functions to general drones simply by installing an application without any separate equipment, and it is evaluated to have solved the problem of lack of technical personnel and greatly improved inspection efficiency.
Precision inspection work that previously required large industrial drones can now be replaced by small commercial drones, and the scope of application has been greatly expanded as the technology can now be applied in areas where the operation of industrial drones is difficult due to security regulations or customs restrictions.
Choi Jae-hyeok, CEO of Nearslab, said, “The field-oriented technology development and verification are the background for this award,” and added, “We will continue to improve safety and efficiency so that the technology can demonstrate practical value in various industrial environments.”
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