CU Opens Cutting-Edge Safe Smart Store... "100% Domestic Technology Applied"

On the 27th, BGF Retail opened the Tech-Friendly CU Safe Smart Store at the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) Naju Headquarters.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] BGF Retail announced on the 27th that it has opened the Tech-Friendly CU Safe Smart Store at the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) Naju headquarters.

The Tech-Friendly CU Safe Smart Store is a state-of-the-art unmanned convenience store implemented with 100% purely domestic technology. In collaboration with excellent domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) possessing artificial intelligence (AI) solution technology, it has fully implemented the essential elements required for an unmanned convenience store, from access authentication to product purchase and automatic payment.

Applied technologies include a speed gate accessed via QR code authentication, network cameras capable of person detection, movement path detection, and product recognition, 3D cameras that match customers and purchased products by coordinates to measure precise locations, and smart shelves equipped with weight sensors that can measure product weight.

KISA has established a dedicated research institute to collect, store, and manage traffic generated by employees actually using the store, as well as multi-channel behavioral pattern video data. All data accumulated through this store will be provided to SMEs to support the development and advancement of core unmanned retail technologies such as identity verification, theft prevention, and emergency situation detection and response.

A BGF Retail official stated, “Through public-private cooperation, we continue efforts to discover core technologies for smart stores to swiftly respond to digital transformation and non-face-to-face consumption trends,” adding, “We expect to actively collaborate with SMEs possessing excellent technology to commercialize a fully unmanned convenience store made entirely with domestic technology in the future.”

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