AI-based integrated security and access control solutions company Suprema said it signed a three-party memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Robotics Lab and Hyundai Engineering and Construction for cooperation on upgrading housing complexes using service robots.

Under the agreement, the three plan to combine capabilities in AI security, robotics and building infrastructure. They aim to jointly develop and identify an upgraded model for future housing complexes in which service robots equipped with AI security functions can operate safely and naturally. They plan to pursue proof-of-concept work and commercialisation in stages.

Suprema will be responsible for AI integrated security infrastructure covering all areas of housing complexes. Based on AI facial recognition and its integrated access control platform BioStar X, it will act as a systems integrator linking the robot platform and building security systems into one. Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Robotics Lab will design the full range of housing-focused robot services and lead technical standards based on autonomous driving robots and RTS (Robotics Total Solution). Hyundai Engineering and Construction plans to provide robot-friendly design and a venue for testing centred on its strategic business sites, create demand for robot services, and complete robot-friendly building design and housing services together in real residential environments.

Suprema CEO Han-cheol Kim (김한철) said, "Based on BioStar X, an AI integrated security platform, and AI-based biometric authentication and mobile-based access authentication technologies, we will work with Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Robotics Lab and Hyundai Engineering and Construction to lead a new residential security market that combines robots and security, and use this as a domestically verified reference to expand into the global residential security market."

Ri-gun Choi (최리군), executive director of the robotics business division at Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Robotics Lab, said, "Upgrading housing complexes based on service robots can become competitive only when robots, architecture and security systems are designed as a single integrated infrastructure. Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Robotics Lab will implement robot services optimised for housing complexes through advancement of robot platform technology, and will work with Suprema and Hyundai Engineering and Construction to create new residential robotics standards."

Seung-min Oh (오승민), executive director at Hyundai Engineering and Construction, said, "I think the role of construction companies in future housing complexes is to design a robot-friendly residential environment where various service robots and residents can naturally blend into the space. Accordingly, we will create demand for service robots in housing complexes and, by combining Hyundai Motor’s robotics technology and Suprema’s AI security solutions, lead the upgrading of housing complexes based on service robots that cover residents’ mobility, convenience and safety."