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A road safety solution that secures nighttime visibility through retroreflection and replaces the hazardous manual replacement of guardrails weighing about 100 kg with AI-based automated painting

Problem

  • Poor nighttime visibility

    Over time, conventional guardrails corrode or become coated with dust and exhaust fumes, and no longer reflect headlight beams properly. When guardrails cannot be seen at night or in bad weather, drivers can leave the road on sharp curves or along steep drop-offs, causing fatal accidents.

  • Rising traffic accidents in road work zones

    Aging guardrails are typically replaced by workers who remove guardrail sections weighing about 100 kg by hand and install new ones. Traffic accidents in road work zones increase every year, and close to 20 people lose their lives annually on average. Workers and drivers alike are exposed to the risk of accidents.

  • Inefficient manual replacement

    Manual guardrail replacement leads to higher construction costs, traffic congestion, and increased carbon emissions from vehicles idling in traffic jams. Because guardrails are replaced periodically due to corrosion and collisions, the same costs, congestion, and carbon emissions recur again and again.

Traffic accidents in road work zones
Traffic accidents in road work zones
AccidentsDeaths
2022698 cases19 deaths
2023747 cases25 deaths
2024806 cases15 deaths

*Source: Korean National Police Agency

Comparison with existing methods
Guardrail replacementRetroreflective sheetingCORE AI REFLECTOR
Installation methodManual guardrail removal and reinstallationSheeting attachment and reflector installationAutomated painting
MaintenanceGuardrail replacementProne to detachmentWashing
Installation speedSlowModerateFast
Installation safetyLowModerateHigh
Carbon emissionsHighLowLow

Product

A high-efficiency retroreflective paint
that delivers 100%+ nighttime visibility.

  • High-efficiency retroreflective paint

    We have turned retroreflective technology, which sends headlight beams back to the driver at night to improve visibility, into a paint.

  • Retroreflective guardrail

    A lifeline for roads at night that makes guardrails, once invisible in the dark, visible to drivers.

  • AI-based dedicated automated painting equipment

    Identifies the position of the guardrail and any damage, models the optimal painting path based on pressure, coating uniformity, and speed, and then paints automatically.

Specular and diffuse reflection vs. retroreflection

Specular reflectionMirror-like surface

Specular reflection: Mirror-like surfaceLight from a car headlight strikes a smooth, tilted surface and bounces off upward. It does not return toward the headlight.

Light bounces off at the angle of the surface and does not return toward the headlight.

RetroreflectionRetroreflective surface

Retroreflection: Retroreflective surfaceLight from the same headlight strikes a retroreflective surface set at the same angle and returns in a narrow beam toward the headlight, the direction it came from. The driver sits just behind the headlight, so the surface appears bright.

Light returns the way it came, back toward the headlight.

  • Light from the headlight
  • Light returning to the headlight

Replacement process vs. painting process

AS-IS

Replace steel panels

Comes with cost, time, work-zone hazards and waste.

  1. Paint fades and rust sets in, so the guardrail can no longer do its job well.

  2. Close the lane and position a crane truck to lift the panels.

  3. Take the existing steel panels off one at a time.

  4. Bring in new steel panels and mount them.

  5. Haul away the removed panels as scrap metal and waste.

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Repaint in place

The steel panels stay in place; only the surface is recoated.

  1. Paint fades and rust sets in, so the guardrail can no longer do its job well.

  2. Close off the work zone and mount the automated painting unit on the guardrail.

  3. The unit travels along the guardrail, applying retroreflective coating.

  4. The panels stay in place; the goal is to maintain them by washing from then on.

  • Cost reduction

    Reduces construction costs by cutting
    replacement work and traffic control time.

  • Shorter construction period

    Delivers faster installation than
    conventional guardrail replacement work.

  • Carbon reduction

    Reduces steel production, waste,
    logistics, and idling time
    to prevent unnecessary carbon emissions.

  • Nighttime visibility

    Uses high-efficiency retroreflective paint
    to secure unmatched
    nighttime visibility.

Patents

  • RegisteredPatent

    Method for manufacturing high-efficiency retroreflective guardrails

    Registration No.
    No. 10-2422745
    Registered
    2022.07.14
    Application No.
    10-2020-0068520
    Filed
    2020.06.05

  • PendingPatent

    AI-based automatic retroreflective painting system for guardrails

    Application No.
    10-2026-0063336
    Filed
    2026.04.08

  • PendingPatent · PCT international application

    AI-based automatic retroreflective painting system for guardrails

    Application No.
    PCT/KR2026/097269
    Filed
    2026.05.22

  • PendingPatent

    Retroreflective paint composition set and painting method using the same

    Application No.
    10-2026-0108254
    Filed
    2026.06.15

  • PendingPatent

    Automatic mobile work apparatus for guardrails

    Application No.
    10-2026-0206914
    Filed
    2026.10.26

  • PendingDesign

    Mobile work apparatus for guardrails

    Application No.
    30-2026-0041064
    Filed
    2026.10.26
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