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Mayor Park Heong-joon Announces Launch of Autonomous Mobility Service in Eco Delta Smart City: “Enriching Daily Life with Innovative Technology”

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that an opening ceremony for the autonomous mobility service, marking the full-scale launch of the Eco Delta Smart City National Pilot City, will be held tomorrow (March 30) at 10:30 a.m. at the Eco Delta City Smart City Lab.

The event will be attended by Mayor Park Heong-joon, members of the National Assembly, the Gangseo District Mayor, city council members, and other key officials, as well as representatives from public institutions such as the Korea Transport Institute and Korea Water Resources Corporation, along with stakeholders from participating companies.

The ceremony is designed to inform citizens of the launch of autonomous bus operations aimed at improving mobility convenience for Eco Delta City residents and to enhance understanding of AI-based smart service demonstrations.

The autonomous vehicles utilize sensor fusion technologies such as LiDAR, radar, and cameras to recognize pedestrians, vehicles, and traffic systems in real time, ensuring stable driving performance.

Starting in April, autonomous buses will be piloted along a route connecting residential areas and the Smart Village Urban Tech House (approximately 10 km round trip, with 9 stops).

Busan Metropolitan City has been promoting the national pilot city development project in earnest since 2025 in collaboration with a project corporation established for implementation. Following existing robot services, the introduction of autonomous mobility services is expanding smart service demonstrations.

The city plans to continuously improve service stability and operational systems by reflecting driving data and user feedback collected during operation. It also intends to gradually expand services to major living zones within Eco Delta City.

In addition, demonstrations of resident-centered robot services focused on apartment complexes and an integrated robot control platform will be unveiled.

The demonstrations will introduce ▲ a “cargo-carrying robot” that assists with transporting items ▲ a “patrol robot” for residential safety management ▲ a “cleaning robot” that manages shared spaces during unmanned hours ▲ a “barista robot” that prepares beverages and interacts with customers.

Through a web-based control system, the location, status, and task performance of robots can be monitored and controlled in real time, establishing a foundation for integrated operation of various smart services.

Busan Metropolitan City is accelerating the development of the smart city national pilot project in the Gangseo District area and is advancing the realization of a safe and convenient smart city that citizens can experience through a public-private cooperative urban development model.

The city plans to gradually expand autonomous mobility and robot services and to build a future smart city model by advancing a data-driven urban operation system.

Smart City Busan Co., Ltd., the project corporation for the national pilot city (CEO Lee Gye-hyeong), plans to use this service launch as an opportunity to fully implement autonomous driving and robot-based urban service demonstrations and to establish a foundation for expanding smart city models through data-driven operations.

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “The Eco Delta Smart City National Pilot City is a space where the future city—where enriched daily life and innovative technology coexist—is being realized in practice,” adding, “We will stably integrate advanced technologies such as autonomous driving and robot services into citizens’ daily lives and enhance data-driven urban operation systems to create a smart city that citizens can truly experience.”