Demonstration of Integrated Drone Delivery and 9 Other Fields in Sejong City

Yang Won-chang, Director of the Economic and Industrial Bureau of Sejong City, held a briefing at Sejong City Hall on the 15th to explain the promotion plan for the 'Sejong Drone Demonstration City Project.' Photo by Sejong City

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Integrated delivery using drones and service demonstrations in nine fields will be conducted in Sejong.

Sejong City announced on the 15th that it was recently selected as the final winner of the 'Drone Demonstration City Project' announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. With the project selection, the city will be able to participate in drone service demonstrations along with 10 local governments nationwide.

The drone service demonstration is broadly divided into three areas: 'monitoring using drones,' 'network using drones,' and 'building artificial intelligence systems using drones,' with nine detailed services conducted.

Among them, monitoring using drones includes three services: ▲real-time safety management at construction sites ▲monitoring growth of urban wind forest trails ▲monitoring illegal outdoor advertisements. Network using drones is subdivided into two services: ▲smart city integrated delivery ▲drone-based firefighting activities for high-rise buildings.

In addition, in the field of building artificial intelligence systems using drones, four demonstration areas will be conducted: ▲providing road environment based on AI analysis solutions ▲building a 3D drone digital twin integrated control platform ▲establishing standards and systems for drone docking stations ▲building a drone research center and smart construction control center.

The demonstrations will be held every Wednesday and Thursday until November 19 in the drone special deregulation zone and the smart city regulatory sandbox designated area.

Provided by Sejong City

The drone special deregulation zone includes Geumgang Pedestrian Bridge to the boundary of 5-1 Living Zone, 5-1 Living Zone Smart City National Pilot City, Hapgang Camping Site, 3 Living Zone waterfront shopping area, and waterfront park. The smart city regulatory sandbox covers the area around the arboretum nearby road and Hapgang intersection.

Before the full-scale drone flights for the drone service demonstration project, the city tested the drone's airframe safety last month at the Boeun drone-exclusive flight field and recently conducted demonstration flights near the 5-1 Living Zone construction site and the Hangul Park near the 4-2 Living Zone.

Also, during the demonstration flights, to manage the drone's operation status in real time, an integrated operation center will be established at the Industry-Academia-Research Cluster Support Center to monitor flight conditions.

Drone demonstration location map. Provided by Sejong City

Earlier, the city formed a consortium with six companies including Drone System Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi Aviation Co., Ltd., Hancom Awesome Tech Co., Ltd., Seowoo Co., Ltd., Baylis Co., Ltd., GSITM Co., Ltd., and the Sejong Special Headquarters of LH Korea Land and Housing Corporation (demand agency) to participate in the contest.

Participating companies will be responsible for carrying out demonstration services in each service field during the drone demonstration city project.

The city stated, “We will actively support service demonstrations and commercialization linked to the Smart City National Pilot City so that Sejong can secure technological capabilities and competitiveness in the drone field and cluster related companies. Above all, through the demonstration service project, we will faithfully fulfill the role of the optimal test bed to develop future core services using drones.”

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