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The group said on Monday that it would utilize artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to nurture future business growth engines such as materials for 5G devices, unmanned transport vehicles, cooperative robots and drone fuel cells.
Digital transformation is the reimaging of businesses to match the digital age. Currently, global companies such as Swedish home furnishing company Ikea and German sportswear brand Adidas are going through digital transformation processes to create new or modify existing services and businesses to quickly react to meet market's demands.
"Through AWS, we will reduce the burden of infrastructure investment and actively introduce technologies such as AI and machine learning to accelerate time to release new products and strengthen product innovation capabilities," Doosan Group's chief digital officer Hyoung Won-joon was quoted as saying. Doosan plans to move virtual machines for service operations to Amazon's cloud.
Doosan Infacore, a construction equipment machinery maker, has demonstrated a 5G-based remote construction machinery control system by controlling a small wheel loader dispatched to a simulated construction site in the western port city Incheon from a control booth located in Munich.
The establishment of 5G networks in South Korea triggered a flurry of business cooperation in various industrial sectors, especially in robots and smart factories, while mobile carriers have tried to develop 5G edge cloud-based solutions for businesses.
On December 4, AWS partnered with SK Telecom to push for a joint project related to 5G-based mobile edge computing (MEC) that enables cloud computing capabilities and an IT service environment at the edge of cellular networks.