Proven Collaboration to Date

Since the start of the collaboration, UCS has successfully commercialized a handheld mobile mapping solution incorporating Kudan’s LiDAR SLAM software. The solution delivers high-precision, real-time 3D mapping across complex indoor and outdoor environments.

The product has seen steady market adoption across infrastructure inspection, industrial measurement, and research applications, validating both the technical robustness and the commercial viability of Kudan’s spatial perception technology in real-world operations.

This track record has established a strong technical and commercial foundation between the two companies, positioning the partnership for broader expansion into adjacent domains where real-time spatial understanding is critical.

Strategic Expansion to Robotics and Broadcasting

Building on this momentum, Kudan and UCS will jointly pursue business development in robotics, with a focus on solutions that leverage Kudan’s Spatial Perception technology as a core enabler of Physical AI.

By combining real-time localization, mapping and environmental understanding, the collaboration aims to support autonomous navigation, spatial awareness, and decision-making capabilities required by next-generation service and industrial robots operating in complex, dynamic environments, addressing the accelerating demand for robotics-driven automation in the Korean market, particularly across manufacturing, logistics, and service sectors.

In parallel, the partners will jointly promote the commercial deployment of broadcast and XR-enabled solutions using Kudan VANTAGE, as previously announced, targeting live sports events in Korea. By delivering high-precision, low-latency camera tracking, virtual production, and immersive viewing experiences, the collaboration will support next-generation sports broadcasting workflows and enhance audience engagement. This initiative extends the partnership into intelligent media systems, where accurate, real-time spatial perception is a critical foundation for both live and virtual productions.

The expansion of collaboration aligns with growing industry trends toward autonomy and spatial computing, where accurate and real-time perception, mapping, and localization are key enablers for robots and intelligent media systems alike. Kudan’s deep expertise in SLAM and Spatial Perception complements UCS’s strengths in system integration and market deployment in Korea.

CEO Quotes

Daiu Ko, CEO of Kudan Inc., said:
“Our collaboration with UCS has already demonstrated the value of combining Kudan’s deep technology with practical hardware solutions to meet real commercial needs in mobile mapping. By expanding this partnership into robotics and broadcast domains, we aim to accelerate the adoption of perception-enabled autonomous systems and immersive media tools in Korea and beyond. This extension underscores our commitment to delivering high-impact, real-world applications of advanced spatial intelligence.”

Jaden Kim, CEO of UCS Co., Ltd., commented:
“Working with Kudan’s technology has been instrumental in bringing our handheld mapping product to market quickly with strong performance and customer traction. We are excited to broaden our collaboration into robotics and broadcasting, where precise spatial understanding is essential to new use cases. Together with Kudan, we look forward to advancing innovative solutions that empower automation and next-generation media experiences across industries.”

About Kudan Inc.
Kudan provides spatial perception technology, described as the “eyes for all machines”, that drives the advancement of Physical AI and plays a pivotal role in next-generation digital twins and robotics. By perceiving the real world to create digital twins that AI can understand, Kudan contributes to the digital transformation (DX) of operational management and significant productivity gains. Furthermore, the company offers fundamental technologies that enable robots to digitally perceive their surroundings and achieve autonomous mobility in complex environments.
For more information, please refer to Kudan’s website at https://www.kudan.io/.

■Company Details
Name: Kudan Inc.
Securities Code: 4425 (TSE Growth)
Representative: CEO Daiu Ko

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Outside of the ship they scanned

Why do we need to scan a ship?

Some might wonder “I agree that the point cloud looks interesting but what is the point of scanning a ship?”. For this customer, their purpose was to decide the best positions to install cameras to detect passengers falling overboard. With the accurate 3D-model, they can avoid physically visiting the ship numerous times for trial-and-error by virtually simulating different positions on a computer. In general, accurate digital representation of these large assets helps companies in the following ways.

• Understand progress of construction or repairs. They can scan ones under construction periodically to track the progress and check if they achieve each milestone efficiently) → Avoid project/ budget overrun
• Plan installation of equipment more efficiently. They can simulate installation of large equipment such as cranes on a computer due to accurate 3D model → Reduce planning time and resource, inefficient re-work
• Reduce actual visits to the asset for maintenance work → Reduce cost and time

How was the result?

As you can see, the point cloud accurately captures details of the ship. The inside of the ship is a GNSS-denied environment but there’s no distortion in the point cloud. The customer tried to scan this ship with an iPad lidar but the distortion was too large and the result was not usable at all. Also notice all the small details, such as wires and small equipment, that were captured clearly and crisply within the point cloud. It’s typically difficult to capture them well due to the noise originating from lidar’s depth estimate error and SLAM error in the point cloud. This can be used for the activities mentioned above.

Images of the point cloud of the ship

Here is the demo video on Kudan YouTube channel.

Please reach out to us if you would like to check the point cloud in more detail. We are happy to share it and hear your feedback.

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UCS working with Kudan, has been developing the hand-held device utilizing Ouster lidars and Kudan 3D-Lidar SLAM since the beginning of this year. After a number of prototypes, and field testing, optimization, and pre-marketing of the product, has finally launched this month.

UCS has seen significant demand for a simple and affordable mapping device for multiple applications ranging from forestry, streets, and buildings, to the mapping and inspection of indoor facilities. The target customers require accurate point clouds but don’t need survey-grade accuracy and prefer affordability and simplicity. The feedback from pre-marketing activities was overwhelmingly positive and UCS has secured a number of purchase orders from their customers for applications such as railway infrastructure inspection, and university research. This device uses Ouster Lidar (the model is flexible) and its built-in IMU without any additional sensors such as an external IMU and GNSS, which enables this device to be price competitive in the market.

Jaden Kim, CEO of UCS, told us, “We’ve seen unmet market needs for a simple and affordable mapping solution for a while and Kudan 3D-Lidar SLAM has enabled us to launch with only a handful of months of development and testing. It is a robust and accurate system with Ouster Lidar and its built-in IMU for various applications of our customers.”

This demo video for an indoor office environment is actually one of the samples they took with this device.

We are expecting more and more products and solutions embedding our SLAM software to enable SLAM-based mapping solutions more accessible.

If you’re interested in knowing more about this device or our SLAM offering, please reach out to us.

About Kudan Inc.
Kudan is a deep tech research and development company specializing in algorithms for artificial perception (AP). As a complement to artificial intelligence (AI), AP functions allow machines to develop autonomy. Currently, Kudan is using its high-level technical innovation to explore business areas based on its own milestone models established for deep tech which provide wide-ranging impact on several major industrial fields.
For more information, please refer to Kudan’s website at https://www.kudan.io/.

■Company Details
Name: Kudan Inc.
Securities Code: 4425 (TSE Growth)
Representative: CEO Daiu Ko

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