Smart Factory Development Accelerated With Singapore’s ARTC

Hyundai Steel is accelerating its smart factory development through a collaboration with Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Center (ARTC), a research center under Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research, to advance its “Vision AI” technology. 

(From the third from the left) Kim Hyeong-Jin, Director of the Process Research Center,
David Low, CEO of ARTC

On July 2, Hyundai Steel signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) at ARTC’s headquarters in Singapore to collaborate on the development of Vision AI1) technology based on Singapore’s open innovation system. This singular system has fostered an ecosystem in which the government, universities, and businesses interact through various channels to identify and co-develop the technologies needed by companies. 

Through the collaboration, Hyundai Steel expects to drive innovation in steel manufacturing processes by developing AI models that can be used to detect surface defects on products. This effort will be in partnership with ARTC, which is also collaborating with Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS), leveraging Singapore’s unique open innovation system.

The two agencies plan to pool their AI technology capabilities to actively strengthen the development of smart factories.

1) Vision AI: Image and visual AI tool (video recognition AI)