Gwangyang Steelworks Advances Safety Technology Using AI Video Recognition System

Automatic Movement Detection with AI Video Recognition System Applied CCTV

Prevention of Safety Accidents through Automatic Control of Mobile Devices in Dangerous Situations

POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Lee Dong-ryeol) has developed an AI-based automatic control system for moving equipment called ‘Smart Fool Proof’ to prevent safety accidents such as collisions between workers and other moving equipment in the trolley movement areas within the plant.

The ‘Smart Fool Proof’ system was proactively developed by the Steelmaking Department of Gwangyang Steelworks to preemptively block the risk of safety accidents for workers in the factory, where large moving equipment frequently operates.

The photo shows AI detecting a worker (bottom of the photo) in the transfer area and issuing a stop command to the moving device (center of the photo, potcar), causing the device to halt. [Photo by Gwangyang Steelworks]

The ‘Smart Fool Proof’ system applies an AI video recognition model to CCTV installed in the factory to automatically detect human movement. When a worker approaches moving equipment, the system judges it as a dangerous situation and issues an emergency stop command to the moving equipment.

As a result, following existing safety measures such as detour routes around hazardous areas and the installation of safety fences, the development of the ‘Smart Fool Proof’ system enables continuous monitoring, which is expected to significantly improve worker safety.

To develop this system, the Steelmaking Department of Gwangyang Steelworks selected thousands of images of people and moving equipment from existing CCTV footage and trained the AI to recognize and track these objects. Utilizing this trained algorithm, the AI can now more accurately identify objects such as moving equipment and workers, enabling automatic detection of dangerous situations without direct monitoring by workers.

Gwangyang Steelworks plans to sequentially expand the application of the ‘Smart Fool Proof’ system, first implemented in the No. 2 Steelmaking Plant, to 52 locations including trolley areas within the steelmaking plant by the end of this year.

Director Lee Dong-ryeol of Gwangyang Steelworks emphasized, “Through the ‘Smart Fool Proof’ system, we will secure the safety of workers and the site, and continuously expand the application of smart technology-based safety systems to other processes.” He added, “We will spare no effort to ensure that all employees can work safely and with peace of mind in every space within the steelworks.”

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