Demonstration of 'Service Robots' at Daejeon Jungang-ro Underground Shopping Center

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Barista, serving, and guide robots will be available at the Daejeon Jungang-ro underground shopping mall.

Daejeon City announced on the 8th that it was selected for the '2021 AI·5G-based Service Robot Convergence Model Demonstration Project' organized by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

The project is overseen by the city and led by Daejeon Technopark. Participating companies include Twiny Co., Ltd., Dogu Gonggan Co., Ltd., and Pleto Robotics Co., Ltd., with the Jungang-ro Underground Shopping Mall Merchants Association providing the venue.

Notably, this project is the first AI·5G-based robot demonstration in the central region and will be conducted in two phases: Phase 1 (until March next year) and Phase 2 (April to November next year).

Phase 1 demonstration involves deploying Twiny's autonomous logistics robots (4 units), Dogu Gonggan's disinfection and patrol robots (2 units), and Pleto Robotics' coffee barista robot (1 unit) on-site, along with establishing 5G communication infrastructure and an integrated control room.

Phase 2 demonstration will deploy Twiny's target-following robots (4 units), Dogu Gonggan's promotion and guide robots (2 units), and Pleto Robotics' coffee serving robots (2 units) on-site for utilization.

The total project cost for the demonstration is 1.91 billion KRW, funded by 910 million KRW from the national government, 600 million KRW from the city, and 400 million KRW from the private sector.

Myeong No-chung, Director of the Science and Industry Bureau of the city, said, “With the introduction of service robots providing non-face-to-face services, we expect the underground shopping mall, which has been stagnant due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, to become revitalized. The city will spare no support for the development of the robot industry, a core of the Digital New Deal, and for improving quality of life through robots.”

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