The Korean giant Samsung has built the first private 5G commercial network for cloud-based autonomous robots, allowing them to travel throughout Naver’s headquarters in Seoul, assisting with package delivery, coffee delivery, and lunch box delivery to staff.
The 5G network will be the neural network that connects the robots to their cloud, enabling support for tens of thousands of robots in real-time. All of the robots are connected to a cloud server that operates as a shared brain, offloading the required computations off the individual robots.
The network uses Samsung Compact Core and 5G radios that support the 4.7GHz and 28GHz spectrums that the Korean government has designated for private networks. The improved uplink allocation function of the private 5G radios triple the capability of other commercial 5G radios.
They are also building a common 3D/HD mapping and AI is helping them learn and navigate around the building quicker by creating a virtual space that replicates the real world. The headquarters will begin by employing 40 robots that will move across three floors. By the end of the year, the idea is to have hundreds of robots moving over the entire 36-floor skyscraper.
Yong Chang, VP of Global Sales and Marketing, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics said the company will continue to work with public institutions to implement the service in other use cases for transportation systems, hospitals, schools, etc.
