Suprema, a global provider in AI-powered access control and security solutions, has signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) to collaborate on advancing residential complexes through service robot technology.
In future residential environments, delivering safe and convenient robot services for residents will require architectural designs that enable seamless robot mobility, AI security systems capable of distinguishing residents from outsiders, and a unified platform that integrates them all. Through this agreement, the three companies will combine their core competencies in AI security, robotics and architectural infrastructure to jointly develop advanced residential complex models in which service robots equipped with AI security features can operate safely and naturally. The collaboration will proceed in phases, including proof-of-concept (PoC) testing and commercialisation.
Suprema will be tasked for building an AI-powered, integrated security infrastructure across the entire residential complex, enabling next-generation residential services that combine robotics, security and architecture. Leveraging its AI facial authentication technology and BioStar X, its unified security platform, Suprema will serve as the system integrator (SI), connecting the robot platform with building security systems.
Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB will design specialised robot services for residential environments and lead the establishment of technical standards based on autonomous robots and its Robotics Total Solution (RTS) platform. Hyundai E&C will generate demand for robot services by providing robot-friendly architectural designs and pilot sites centred on its strategic residential projects.
In addition, by combining Suprema’s AI security technology with Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB’s robotics capabilities, Hyundai E&C aims to realise robot-integrated living environments, drawing on its architectural expertise.
“As service robots begin to perform delivery, guidance, and patrol tasks throughout residential spaces, an AI-powered security infrastructure becomes essential to ensure that robots and residents can coexist safely under unified security rules,” said Hanchul Kim, CEO of Suprema Inc. “Based on our AI-powered unified security platform BioStar X and Suprema’s proven biometric and mobile access authentication technologies, we will work with Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB and Hyundai E&C to lead a new era of residential security powered by robotics and AI, expanding from proven domestic references to the global residential security market.”
“A truly advanced residential complex based on service robots can achieve competitiveness only when robotics, architecture, and security systems are designed as one integrated infrastructure,” said Ri Goon Choi, Executive Director of Hyundai Motor and Kia Robotics LAB. “Through continuous enhancement of our robotic platforms, we will deliver optimized robot services and jointly establish new standards for residential robotics with Suprema and Hyundai E&C.”
“In future residential complexes, the construction company’s key role will be to design robot-friendly living environments where a variety of service robots and residents can coexist naturally,” said Seung Min Oh, Executive Vice President of Hyundai E&C. “By creating demand for residential robot services and combining Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab’s robotics technology with Suprema’s AI security solutions, we aim to lead the development of service robot-based residential complexes that enhance resident mobility, convenience, and safety.”
