The near-term future belongs to 5G, and we have been promised many new use cases, including wireless VR, AR, and many other cutting-edge solutions in the world of AI and IoT.
So far we’ve mostly received faster connectivity on our smartphones for content streaming and social media browsing, but Samsung has come up with a new use case.
The Korean giant has developed the first private 5G commercial network for Naver, another major technology company, best known for its social platform. The new service will allow autonomous robots to roam Naver’s Seoul headquarters, assisting in delivering packages, coffee and packed lunches to employees.
The headquarters, simply called 1784, will begin employing 40 robots, which will move across three floors. Plans are to expand to “hundreds of robots traveling around the entire 36-story building” by the end of the year.
All robots are connected to a cloud server, which acts as a shared brain, downloading much of the necessary calculations from the individual robots. Samsung’s 5G network will be the neural network that connects robots to their cloud, enabling “support for tens of thousands of robots in real time,” as per Samsung’s press release.
They are also building a common 3D / HD mapping and artificial intelligence is helping them learn and navigate the building faster by creating a virtual space that replicates the real world.
The network implements Samsung Compact Core and 5G radios, which support 4.7 GHz and 28 GHz spectra, dedicated to private networks by the Korean authorities. Private 5G radios include an optimized uplink allocation feature, which doubles the capabilities of other commercial 5G radios.
Yong Chang, VP of Global Sales and Marketing, Networks Business of 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.
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