Hyundai Mobis held the "2026 Youth Engineering Leaders Festival" to cultivate engineering talent for the future mobility sector. Approximately 100 students from 12 high schools nationwide participated in engineering discussions, an autonomous driving car competition, and research presentations.
Hyundai Mobis announced on the 9th that it held an event on the 7th at Seoul Hana High School to share the outcomes of the "Youth Engineering Leaders" curriculum, which is operated as a subject approved by the Board of Education.
The event was conducted in three categories: an engineering debate competition, an autonomous driving car competition, and a youth engineering academic conference, testing participants' engineering thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and collaboration capabilities.
In the engineering debate competition, students who completed "Engineering Communication," a subject under the high school credit system, debated major issues in the fields of engineering and technology.
In the autonomous driving car competition, which has continued since 2018, students directly developed driving algorithms that recognize lanes and traffic signals and avoid obstacles, applying them to model cars.
This year, the event was divided into a deep learning-based autonomous vehicle category and a ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2)-based physical artificial intelligence (AI) vehicle category. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of course deviations, obstacle collisions, and completion times, Incheon Samsan High School won in the deep learning-based autonomous vehicle category, while Incheon Songdo High School won in the ROS2 category.
An academic conference was also held where students presented their research outcomes. Participating students shared research results on topics such as AI, autonomous driving, sensor technology, and optimization algorithms. Research addressing future mobility from a humanities and social sciences perspective was also presented.
Han Seong-hee, Director of the Sustainable Management Division at Hyundai Mobis, stated, "The Youth Engineering Leaders program is designed to support students in developing problem-solving skills based on the engineering knowledge they learn in school and expanding into voluntary research activities," adding, "We plan to continue expanding our support for cultivating engineering talent who will lead the future mobility industry."
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