Hyundai Construction Holds Smart Construction Technology Demonstration
Showcasing Robotics-Based Automation and Digital Twin Systems for Enhanced Safety and Productivity
On June 27, Hyundai Construction held a smart construction technology demonstration at the Namyangju Wangsuk National Road 47 underground (relocation) construction site in Gyeonggi Province. Now in its third year, the event aims to showcase technologies developed at domestic and international sites and share know-how for field application.
This year, the event focused on robotics-based construction automation and smart safety technologies, introducing solutions that can enhance worker safety and construction productivity. The demonstration site is a project to relocate a 6.4-kilometer section of above-ground highway underground, from Jingan-ri to Yeonpyeong-ri in Namyangju. The project includes the construction of one underground passage, one tunnel, seven bridges, and five interchanges. For the first time in Korea, an upper-lower separated multi-level underground road is being built, from the upper underground passage to the lower tunnel.
A worker wearing the wearable robot X-BlueShoulder is demonstrating it. Provided by Hyundai Construction
The promotional center featured an ultra-large smart dashboard. A digital twin system was implemented to enable integrated monitoring of the entire multi-level underground road under construction. The center also showcased a digital site introduction that combines a 3D new town master plan model with holograms, as well as VPS-based design information visualization technology that integrates augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence.
Technologies introduced at the event included the wearable robot X-BlueShoulder, which reduces musculoskeletal strain for tunnel workers; a logistics transport drone capable of carrying materials and tools up to 40 kg; an unmanned drone station that automatically performs digital mapping of the entire site; a quadrupedal walking robot for patrolling hazardous areas; and an autonomous delivery robot co-developed with a Hyundai Motor Group startup.
At the outdoor demonstration area, the entire civil engineering process was presented, covering AR-based smart surveying, construction automation, smart safety management, and digital inspection. The logistics transport drone delivered a mobile AI CCTV to the site, and excavation was carried out using an excavator equipped with AI collision and entrapment prevention technology. Precision inspection was completed using a laser scanner.
A demonstration is being conducted to monitor the site situation through a digital twin-based ultra-large smart dashboard set up inside the promotional center at the Namyangju Wangsuk National Road 47 relocation (underground) construction site. Provided by Hyundai Construction
The TVWS-based tunnel wireless communication system, developed for the first time in Korea and applied to tunnel construction, was combined with the existing integrated safety management system to enable more precise safety control. Other technologies unveiled at the event included a clamshell entrapment prevention system useful for soil removal operations, a vertical shaft safety system that combines wired and wireless cameras with cranes, and a real-time tunnel collapse detection sensor based on AI and the Internet of Things.
Kang Yonghee, Head of the Civil Engineering Division at Hyundai Construction, said, "Through field-oriented verification of smart technologies, we have presented the potential and direction for technology adoption across the construction industry. We will further expand investment in smart construction and field applications to secure a differentiated competitive edge in overseas markets."
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