GS Engineering & Construction is joining hands with LG Electronics to create AI- and robot-based future housing standards.
GS Engineering & Construction said on the 13th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for joint development of a "next-generation AI home" on the 10th at its headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul, with Chief Executive Huh Yoon-hong and LG Electronics President Lyu Jae-cheol in attendance.
This agreement is the two companies' second collaboration to develop future housing services, following the MOU signed in April to build a "future residential robot service model." Through this agreement, the companies plan to make concrete their future housing vision that connects AI, robots, and space into a single residential experience.
The companies will jointly develop an AI home solution dedicated to multiunit housing by combining the complex infrastructure of Xi apartments and LG Electronics' AI home solution, and will push to introduce it in stages to Xi apartments.
The "next-generation AI home" the two companies are developing goes beyond simple device linkage and aims for an integrated living environment in which AI understands residents' life patterns and residential environments and proposes necessary functions or executes them automatically. By linking the household and complex infrastructure of Xi apartments with LG Electronics' LG ThinQ AI platform, the plan is to implement an evolved AI home service that connects built-in devices in the home, shared areas in the complex, and even external life services.
Through this, the companies plan to enable residents to use, within a single system, not only control of in-home devices such as lighting, heating, ventilation, outlets, and gas valves, but also services linked to complex infrastructure such as elevator calls, checking parking locations, viewing visitor history, and reserving community facilities.
They also aim to provide Xi residents with a home where "a space for me is maintained without having to worry," by enabling AI to converse naturally with users, understand the context of daily life, and propose or automatically execute functions tailored to individual life patterns.
The companies plan to expand cooperation by organically combining the robot ecosystem, including LG Electronics' home robot "LG CLOiD," and the AI home solution with the complex infrastructure of Xi apartments.
GS Engineering & Construction Chief Executive Huh Yoon-hong said, "The future of housing will truly open not by simply adding new devices but when AI and space are integrated into a single living experience," adding, "Together with LG Electronics, the best technology partner, we will create a new standard for future housing that customers can truly feel."
LG Electronics President Lyu Jae-cheol said, "By combining LG Electronics' AI home solution with Xi's complex infrastructure, we will provide a new residential experience that makes customers' daily lives more convenient and valuable," adding, "We hope this collaboration will serve as an opportunity to present a benchmark for future housing where AI, robots, and space are in harmony."