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Busan Metropolitan City Launches Full-Scale Development of the Eco Delta Smart City National Pilot City to Realize a Robotics-Based Smart Lifestyle

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that, with the full-scale launch of the Eco Delta Smart City National Pilot City development, the city will collaborate with the project corporation established for project implementation to lay the essential foundations for realizing a future smart lifestyle.

The city is accelerating the development of the Smart City National Pilot City in Gangseo-gu, Busan, and driving efforts to create a safe and convenient smart urban environment through a new city development model jointly implemented by the public and private sectors.

The project corporation, Smart City Busan Co., Ltd. (CEO Lee Gye-hyoung), is a special-purpose corporation jointly established by the public sector—Busan Metropolitan City, Korea Water Resources Corporation, and Busan Metropolitan Corporation—and a private consortium of 11 companies including LG CNS, Shinhan Bank, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction.

Over the next five years, the project corporation will develop the leading district within the planned pilot city site and provide various smart services, prioritizing the introduction of innovative robotics technologies. It aims to establish a system capable of delivering advanced services across transportation, daily living, and energy management.

The “Busan Eco Delta Smart City National Pilot City Development” project is the largest smart city initiative in Korea, led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Water Resources Corporation, with a total project period of 15 years—five years for construction and ten years for operation.

The entire project is valued at approximately KRW 5.6 trillion. On a 2.8-square-kilometer (approximately 840,000 pyeong) greenfield site comparable in size to Yeouido, the project aims to construct commercial, business, residential, and cultural facilities and apply advanced IT technologies to create a representative model of a sustainable future smart city.

All profits generated by the corporation will be fully reinvested in upgrading existing smart services and developing new ones, creating significant value as a public–private joint project that incorporates the creativity of private-sector business models into city operations.

As the first phase of the pilot city development begins in earnest this year, four types of residential community robotics services are being introduced on a pilot basis. To this end, at 10 a.m. yesterday (November 16), a “Robot Introduction Pilot Project Opening Ceremony” was held at two residential complexes within Eco Delta City.

Hosted by Smart City Busan Co., Ltd., the event was attended by approximately 100 participants, including local members of the National Assembly, the district mayor, city and district council members, residents, and other stakeholders. The ceremony included an introduction to the project and on-site demonstrations showcasing the functions of the robots being deployed.

Smart City Busan Co., Ltd. is currently piloting four types of robotic services—patrol, barista, “carry-bot,” and cleaning—at two apartment complexes. This marks the first case of introducing a unified robotic control platform for multi-robot service provision in residential complexes. The corporation plans to expand and advance these services to offer smart experiences that residents can feel in their everyday lives.

• ●Carry-bot robot: provides automated delivery of items from underground parking areas to residents’ front doors.

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “As public-sector contributors—including Busan Metropolitan City, the Korea Water Resources Corporation, and Busan Metropolitan Corporation—we will actively provide support and fulfill our public responsibilities to ensure the project proceeds without any setbacks.” He added, “We will work in close cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and related agencies to ensure that the national pilot city becomes a space where citizens can enjoy safe and convenient smart services.”