Partnership agreement with Lightwheel Inc. to launch the domestic deployment of AI training solutions for robotics and autonomous driving

Press Release 2026.01.20

SC Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd. ("SCAE") has signed a sales agent and distributor agreement with Lightwheel Inc..

In recent years, AI models used for recognition, behavior planning, and control have been rapidly advanced in robotics and autonomous driving areas. Learning and evaluating these AI models requires a huge and diverse amount of data that cannot be collected in the real world alone. Lightwheel offers the following solutions as a foundation for AI learning using advanced simulation technologies.

Embodied AI Solutions (Robotics Domain)

In the robotics area, action data for AI learning is overwhelmingly insufficient. Imitation learning data collection is being carried out to teach robots to move, however due to limitations of resources and time, data collection in the real world is limited. Lightwheel provides high-precision SimReady assets (visually, physically faithful and ready for simulation), EgoSuite (first-person action data) for basic model learning, and evaluation platforms to enable efficient learning and evaluation for robots.

Autonomous Driving Solutions

In recent years, advanced AI models such as E2E (End-to-End) and VLA (Vision-Language-Action) have been introduced in the autonomous driving area, increasing the need for vision-based learning and evaluation data for various scenarios. On the other hand, on the same scenario it is difficult to collect data in the real world that differs only in weather and other car movements in dangerous or uncommon cases. Lightwheel reproduces various scenarios in real-world data reconstruction and realistic simulation space with Synthetic Data, and generates data for learning and evaluation through sensor simulation for efficient learning and evaluation for autonomous driving AI.

Company Messages

Lightwheel
President & Co-Founder：Haibo Yang

"We are excited to partner with SCAE to bring Lightwheel’s simulation technology to the Japanese automotive and robotics markets. By combining our end-to-end solutions with SCAE’s deep industry expertise, we aim to help Japanese OEMs and suppliers accelerate the development and deployment of embodied intelligence. We look forward to supporting Japan’s leadership in shaping the next generation of automotive and robotics innovation."

SC Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
President & CEO: Toshimi Yamanoi

SCAE focuses on experts with more than 30 years of developmental experience, especially at automotive OEMs. Furthermore, provides design and developmental engineering to various mobility companies, mainly automobiles. We have also leveraged Sumitomo Corporation Group's global network to provide solutions for a wide range of customer challenges. By expanding not only the autonomous driving area, but also the technology and knowledge cultivated in automobiles to the robotics field. We will contribute by adding higher value to deliver the improvement of productivity in a wider field than ever before.

≪Lightwheel Inc. Overview≫

Lightwheel is a global leader in Synthetic data and Embodied AI solutions. Through combining generative AI with simulations, the company creates physically accurate and versatile datasets that accelerate the implementation of Embodeid AI and world models. The company also offers product lines such as SimReady Assets & Scenes, Data Pyramid and Enterprise Evaluation Platform to enable end-to-end Embodied AI solutions.

For more information, please visit: https://www.lightwheel.ai/

Lightwheel is a registered trademark of Lightwheel Inc.

Here is the list of SCAE solutions