Hyundai Motor Group and Aegis Asset Management Collaborate to Develop Robot-Friendly Buildings

First Debut in Q1 Next Year

Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 9th that it has signed a business agreement with Aegis Asset Management to commercialize robot-friendly buildings. Robotics technology will be applied, such as cars parking and charging themselves, and robots delivering packages to offices.

Hyundai Motor Group plans to jointly develop robot services optimized for smart offices by linking its delivery robots, unmanned parking robots, and other technologies with the smart building OS being developed by Aegis Asset Management.

Specifically, in buildings where these technologies are applied, employees can get off at a smart zone after commuting by electric vehicle, enabling unmanned parking and automatic charging. Access to the office is granted through facial recognition, and robots deliver food, beverages, and packages along with seat reservations.

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia's indoor and outdoor delivery robots (left) and MobED (right) are placed in the center, with Kim Yong-hwa, Vice President and Head of Research and Development at Hyundai Motor Company and Kia (front row left), and Jung Seok-woo, CEO of Aegis Asset Management Real Asset Division (front row right), taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Hyundai Motor Group]

These technologies will be applied to newly constructed buildings located in the bio cluster of the southwestern Seoul area and the Seongsu Creative Cluster. They will be showcased first at Aegis Asset Management’s ‘Factorial Seongsu,’ scheduled for completion in the first quarter of next year.

Kim Yong-hwa, Vice President and Head of R&D at Hyundai Motor and Kia, said, “This marks the first step toward realizing a robotics vision that redefines the mobility of objects based on the mobility Hyundai Motor Group has presented so far and innovates the concept of traditional spaces. Through this collaboration, we will enhance the value of various types of spaces such as offices and shopping malls and provide added value to future users.”

Jung Seok-woo, Head of Real Asset Division at Aegis Asset Management, said, “This agreement will lay the foundation for a smart office cluster where advanced industry companies and related institutions can grow together. Our company will provide spaces suitable for advanced industry companies through the construction of robot-friendly smart buildings and will do our best to ensure that talents can enjoy services from the perspective of space users.”

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