Patrolling and Parking: Robots Move Into Apartment Complexes

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Robots are now making their way into apartment complexes. They are taking on roles such as assisting with security duties and parking. However, there are still many challenges that need to be addressed.

Reporter Park Jaehyeon has the details.

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A four-legged robot climbs up and down high curbs and easily navigates around obstacles.

This is a security robot scheduled to be deployed for apartment patrol duties as early as this coming October.

[Welcome. Please be careful as the robot is in motion.]

Cameras and various sensors mounted on top of the robot detect abnormal signs and transmit them to the control center.

[Song Chang-yeol / Manager, Automation & Robot Business Team, LG CNS: By periodically detecting the heat of electric vehicles, we can prevent fires in advance. If someone climbs over a wall or engages in similar behavior, the camera's AI module identifies it and triggers an alarm.]

There are also plans to showcase collaboration between robots, such as a cleaning robot arriving to collect trash after a security robot detects waste and transmits a signal.

Parking robots that automatically move vehicles are also being considered for adoption by several apartment complexes.

When a vehicle entry button is pressed at a kiosk, the parking robot moves underneath the car.

Capable of 360-degree rotation, the parking robot arranges vehicles along the most efficient path, much like playing Tetris.

It can move vehicles weighing over 3 tons and stops automatically if there is a risk of a collision.

[Baek Ik-jin / Senior Vice President, Mobility Solution Business Division, Hyundai Wia: We expect parking efficiency to increase by at least 20% to 50%. Because it allows a larger number of vehicles to be parked in a narrower area, the economic viability is much more favorable.]

In an apartment complex in Atlanta, USA, it was reported that crimes such as residential break-ins and vehicle break-ins decreased significantly after introducing two security robots.

[Dominique Smith / Apartment Resident: I think it's really cool that they built a robot for security.]

In an apartment complex in China, robots receive deliveries at the entrance and transport them to doorsteps, while housekeeping robots that help fold laundry or organize dishes are also being pilot-tested in various locations.

As full-scale coexistence with robots begins inside apartment complexes, issues surrounding liability and insurance coverage in the event of unexpected accidents, as well as concerns over privacy infringement, remain challenges that need to be resolved.

(Camera: Kim Se-kyung, Kim Nam-sung | Video Editing: Kim Yoon-sung | Footage Courtesy of: LG CNS, GIGA AI, Wolpan Innovation)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.