On the 26th, at the Hyundai Engineering & Construction headquarters building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Song Myungjun, Head of Infrastructure and Urban Research at Hyundai Engineering & Construction (from left), Kim Sooyoung, Head of Mobility Business at Hyundai Motor Company, and Oh Seungmin, Head of Brand Strategy at Hyundai Engineering & Construction, posed for a commemorative photo after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU). Hyundai Engineering & Construction
On the 26th, Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Motor Company for "collaboration on planning mobility-based, construction industry-specialized services."
Under this agreement, the two companies will jointly develop mobility services tailored to the characteristics of residential complexes. They plan to analyze residential complex types, spatial layouts, and residents' movement patterns to design mobility scenarios by time of day and route, and to establish stops and waiting areas accordingly. They will also jointly review the relevant laws and systems needed to operate these services.
They will conduct AI-based operational simulations to evaluate both service efficiency and user convenience. The company explained that this is a data-driven, integrated mobility model that combines infrastructure and services.
As a first step, they will introduce Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services. DRT is a service in which vehicle routes are adjusted in real time according to user requests, without fixed routes. By using AI to derive demand forecasting and route optimization technologies, the service can flexibly respond to mobility needs within the complex. Hyundai Motor Company and Kia have already validated this approach by operating a DRT service platform called Shucle since 2019. Hyundai Engineering & Construction plans to introduce this service primarily in large urban complexes, such as the Apgujeong District 2 reconstruction project.
A Hyundai Engineering & Construction official said, "In order to ensure convenient mobility for residents and provide a differentiated residential experience in the future, we plan to gradually introduce various AI-based mobility services, in addition to DRT, into multi-family housing."
Hyundai Engineering & Construction plans to apply physical AI in various ways, such as creating a robot-friendly complex at the Apgujeong District 2 reconstruction site, and to expand this into a smart city model.
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