Baemin Robot Runs on Teheran-ro

Elegant Brothers Consortium Selected for Robot Demonstration Support Project Led by Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Baedal Minjok (Baemin) will showcase robot serving and delivery services around the Trade Center and Teheran-ro area in Samseong-dong, Seoul. Woowa Brothers, the operator of Baemin (CEO Kim Beom-jun), announced on the 8th that the 'Teheran-ro Robot Street Development Project' by the Woowa Brothers consortium was selected for the 'AI·5G-based Large-scale Robot Convergence Model Demonstration Project' led by the Robot Industry Promotion Agency. Earlier, Woowa Brothers formed a consortium with local governments such as Seoul City and Gangnam-gu, WTC Seoul which manages the Trade Center, LG Electronics, and LX Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation, and applied for the demonstration project in February.

Following the selection for this support project, Woowa Brothers plans to gradually implement various forms of robot delivery services using serving robots and delivery robots around the Seoul Trade Center and Teheran-ro area. According to Baemin, this is the first time in Korea that multiple robot services such as serving and delivery are implemented simultaneously in one location.

Woowa Brothers will first operate serving robots targeting food and beverage stores within the Trade Center starting in August. The serving robot deployed this time is 'Dilly S,' which was first introduced in March. This robot is equipped with a large LCD screen and has customer service functions in addition to serving. In October, an indoor robot delivery service will be launched targeting office workers at Trade Tower in Samseong-dong. When ordering food from food and beverage stores in COEX Mall through the Baemin app at the office, the indoor delivery robot 'Dilly Tower' will deliver it. Dilly Tower is linked with doors, elevators, etc., and can move freely and provide delivery services without human assistance. Notably, this demonstration project will utilize LG Electronics' 'CLOi ServeBot' model for the first time.

Next year, the delivery robot service area will expand to Teheran-ro. First, services using Dilly Tower will be promoted in other nearby buildings besides Trade Tower. An outdoor delivery service using Baemin's indoor and outdoor delivery robot 'Dilly Drive' will also be introduced. Dilly Drive picks up food from food and beverage stores and delivers it to other offices on Teheran-ro. This service integrates autonomous driving robot technologies that overcome obstacles to robot delivery such as linkage with elevators and doors, as well as collisions and weather conditions that may occur outdoors.

Kim Yo-seop, Head of Robot Delivery Service at Woowa Brothers, said, "Woowa Brothers aims to showcase the serving, indoor, and outdoor delivery robot service competitiveness accumulated so far at a landmark in the heart of Seoul's metropolis," adding, "We hope this project will serve as an opportunity to establish institutional infrastructure for the spread of autonomous driving robots."

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