Hyundai MOBIS is moving onto an ICT (information communication technology) corporation through the development of core future car technology.
As automobile industry is fused with IT technology, it goes beyond manufacturing paradigms, and a new paradigm change is taking place. Services and products that make use of automatic driving, AI, infotainment technology, etc. are being introduced. Following the changes of the era, Hyundai MOBIS is also striving to become an ICT corporation through core future car technology development. Let’s take a look into Hyundai MOBIS, leading the future car market changes, through creative work innovations such as AI and open innovation.
Open innovation center, M. Cube, investing in promising global start ups
Hyundai MOBIS concluded technology cooperation with Chinese start up Deep Glint to fortify its core automatic driving technology competitiveness.
How should corporates react to the fast-changing industry environment filled with various customer requests and advanced technologies? Many renowned global corporates opt for open innovation. It’s about bringing in necessary technology and ideas from outside the company and sharing internal resources with the outside to create new products and services. Global corporates can reduce their R&D cost and increase their possibilities of success this way.
M. Cube is aggressively reacting to the Hyundai MOBIS’ future car paradigm transition.
Hyundai MOBIS also makes great use of open innovation. The most representative case is M. Cube. M. Cube discovers and invests in global start-ups with new future car technology. Last November, it opened a center in Silicon Valley, U.S., and last month, a second one in Shenzhen, China. M. Cube discovers innovative start-ups related to automatic driving, connectivity, mobility service, video/emotion recognition AI, and big data. Through M. Cube, Hyundai MOBIS will be able to efficiently and actively react to future car paradigm transitions related to automatic driving, connectivity, electromotion, etc.
‘MAIBOT’, a deep learning chat bot that easily searches through enormous intelligence assets
Hyundai MOBIS employees can easily go through company data using MAIBOT.
You can’t help but to reference documents related to technology and research, etc., when you are working. There are times when you have to check company regulations when drawing up a contract or showing evidence for expenses, etc. And it’s a bother to look up related data on the company Intranet every single time. Also, there is an issue of information access as each department takes care of documents separately. To enhance employee work efficiency and make use of broad company information pool to allow employees to creatively think when developing innovative future car technology, Hyundai MOBIS implemented an AI communicative chat bot ‘MAIBOT’.
There are more than 10 million company documents registered on MAIBOT
Employees can utilize MAIBOT to search through the enormous company intelligence assets in a chatting format and use it for work. There are more than 10 million company documents registered on MAIBOT; it will find the documents for you and will selectively show you contents in the documents as if highlighting the important parts. MAIBOT is a deep learning type robot; with more usage, it will give you a better fitting answer to the user’s intention.
Deep learning-based fault detecting system, AI that detects faulty products
The deep learning-based fault detecting system shows more than 98% of the distinction rate.
Hyundai MOBIS actively uses AI technology in the R&D sector. Recently, AI technology is being implemented in various industries including production, distribution, etc. Deep learning-based fault detection system was implemented on the motor operated steering gear electronic control production line in Jincheon factory, where all vehicle components are manufactured. It shows more than 98% of the distinction rate. It is anticipated that it will be able to recognize products more perfectly with more data accumulated. With the fault detecting system, the trained staff has less review work to do, which will also enhance work efficiency.
AS parts supply estimation also uses AI for better accuracy.
Furthermore, Hyundai MOBIS developed an AI model that estimates amount of supply required by recognizing AS parts requested by the customers. Not only does the AI computer analyzes past data, but it also takes into account expected outside factors such as season, weather, driver’s driving habits, number of operated cars, etc. to increase supply estimation accuracy. With this system, distribution costs will be saved, and customers will be more satisfied as they will be able to receive their AS parts on time.
Hyundai MOBIS formed a data science team to fortify data analysis capacity and is continuously pursuing creative work innovation activities making use of AI technology. It also carries out various systems that support employee smart work including voluntary seating system, voluntary working hours, voluntary dress code, etc. Please root for Hyundai MOBIS’ efforts to evolve from an automobile component company to an ICT corporation.
