Daejeon City Provides 'AI Care Robot Kkumdori' for Elderly Living Alone

200 Units per District, Total 1,000...Enhanced Convenience with Added Motion Detection Function

An AI care robot named Ggumdori is being delivered to a household of an elderly person living alone. / Daejeon City

Daejeon City announced that starting in January next year, it will officially launch the 'AI Care Robot Kumdori' support project for individuals living alone, such as elderly people and persons with disabilities.

The city will provide a total of 1,000 robots, with 200 units allocated to each district. The districts will accept applications from single-person households in need of emotional care and provide support accordingly.

Through a pilot project conducted in 2022-2023, the city distributed 500 units and confirmed their effectiveness in providing emotional support and preventing solitary deaths among single-person households.

The newly distributed AI Care Robot Kumdori features improved convenience for users, with the addition of motion detection and a shift from button-based to voice recognition operation.

In addition to daily life support functions such as checking on users and reminding them to take medication, the robot also offers companionship through two-way communication powered by Chat GPT 4.0 technology.

In particular, the system is equipped to quickly respond to emergencies by connecting to 119 through the care robot monitoring system in case of motion detection or urgent situations.

The city will continuously monitor information collected through the care robots, and if signs of suicide, depression, or other abnormalities are detected, it will provide emotional support and prevent solitary deaths through integrated community care case management.

Lee Jangwoo, Mayor of Daejeon, stated, "Due to rapid aging and the increase in single-person households, the number of people in need of care continues to rise as family structures change. We expect that providing care services using AI devices will help alleviate the sense of loneliness among those living alone."

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