Hallym University Medical Center Signs Business Agreement with Smart City Association...Empirical experience-based space strategy advancement
Jul 03, 2025
Hallym University Medical Center (Medical Center Director Kim Yong-sun) and the Smart City Association signed a business agreement and decided to jointly promote the 'Smart Hospital-City Linkage Model" that combines the hospital's robot and AI operation experience with urban space design.
This agreement is the first time that the know-how of robot and AI operation owned by Hallym University Medical Center is directly used to develop urban architectural design standards. The Smart City Association has been reviewing strategic planning and empirical linkage to design robot-friendly spaces and establish certification standards, and this agreement will spur the establishment of high-level environments such as hospitals and intercity design guidelines.
On the 2nd, the two organizations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation between robot-friendly buildings and smart hospitals in the conference room on the 5th floor of the Smart City Association in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Seven key officials from both sides, including Kim Yong-sun, head of Hallym University Medical Center, and Hwang Gwi-hyun, executive director of the Smart City Association, attended the signing ceremony. Through this agreement, the two organizations will promote cooperation to advance urban space strategies and certification systems based on the hospital's smart hospital empirical experience.
Hallym University Medical Center has introduced 77 medical service robots, the largest number among domestic medical institutions, to actual hospital sites. The robot operation data collected through this has accumulated more than 60,000 cases. This data goes beyond simple driving records and is an empirical asset that demonstrates how robots interact with people, time, and work movements in hospital spaces.
In addition, Hallym University Medical Center has operated five hospitals in four cities, including Seoul, Anyang, Hwaseong, and Chuncheon, and has established a linkage system between various communities and hospitals. Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital developed a non-face-to-face brain bleeding cooperation platform using AI to create a regional-based medical linkage system in Gangwon-do. Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital established a critical care transfer system in Gyeonggi-do through the 'Mobile ICU' pilot project.
Based on these operational know-how, Hallym University Medical Center plans to analyze the flow of robot movements in hospitals to derive spatial design guidelines and cooperate in the development of a 'robot-friendly building certification system' promoted by the Smart City Association. The experience of constructing robot operations and spatial interfaces verified at Hallym University Medical Center is the standard for designing smart hospital buildings.
In addition, the two institutions jointly plan a scenario for linking smart hospitals and cities, and promote empirical-based cooperation that incorporates hospital space utilization and robot operation know-how into urban space strategies. It models the flow of various robots, such as guidance, delivery, and cleaning, from operational experiences in hospitals to develop a scenario that links robots and urban smart infrastructure.
In the future, the two institutions plan to promote joint research in smart city policy seminars, academic conferences, and government R&D tasks, and create a foundation for reflecting the hospital-urban linkage model in national policy and technology standards. It will also seek global expansion by strengthening policy exchanges and technology benchmarking with overseas medical institutions.
"Hospitals are the most complex spaces where functions are concentrated, and representative living infrastructure with active robots and AI technologies recently," said Kim Yong-sun, head of Hallym University Medical Center. "Through this agreement, we will actively cooperate to advance urban space strategies and smart building certification systems based on the medical center's experience in operating smart hospitals."
"This agreement is the starting point for an empirical-based urban planning that reflects robot utilization data in hospital space in urban design, and the association plans to strengthen the spatial innovation team's strategic planning and expand to urban services in order to develop future scenarios and certification standards between hospitals and cities," said Hwang Gwi-hyun, executive director of the Smart Cities Association.
Meanwhile, the two organizations will jointly present the theme of Architecture-Designing the Flow of Robots, Autonomous Driving, and AI in the City under the theme of Architecture-Designing the Flow of Robots, Autonomous Driving, and AI at the '2025 World Smart City Expo (WSCE)' to be held in BEXCO, Busan from July 15th to 17th.
This agreement is the first time that the know-how of robot and AI operation owned by Hallym University Medical Center is directly used to develop urban architectural design standards. The Smart City Association has been reviewing strategic planning and empirical linkage to design robot-friendly spaces and establish certification standards, and this agreement will spur the establishment of high-level environments such as hospitals and intercity design guidelines.
On the 2nd, the two organizations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation between robot-friendly buildings and smart hospitals in the conference room on the 5th floor of the Smart City Association in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Seven key officials from both sides, including Kim Yong-sun, head of Hallym University Medical Center, and Hwang Gwi-hyun, executive director of the Smart City Association, attended the signing ceremony. Through this agreement, the two organizations will promote cooperation to advance urban space strategies and certification systems based on the hospital's smart hospital empirical experience.
Hallym University Medical Center has introduced 77 medical service robots, the largest number among domestic medical institutions, to actual hospital sites. The robot operation data collected through this has accumulated more than 60,000 cases. This data goes beyond simple driving records and is an empirical asset that demonstrates how robots interact with people, time, and work movements in hospital spaces.
In addition, Hallym University Medical Center has operated five hospitals in four cities, including Seoul, Anyang, Hwaseong, and Chuncheon, and has established a linkage system between various communities and hospitals. Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital developed a non-face-to-face brain bleeding cooperation platform using AI to create a regional-based medical linkage system in Gangwon-do. Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital established a critical care transfer system in Gyeonggi-do through the 'Mobile ICU' pilot project.
Based on these operational know-how, Hallym University Medical Center plans to analyze the flow of robot movements in hospitals to derive spatial design guidelines and cooperate in the development of a 'robot-friendly building certification system' promoted by the Smart City Association. The experience of constructing robot operations and spatial interfaces verified at Hallym University Medical Center is the standard for designing smart hospital buildings.
In addition, the two institutions jointly plan a scenario for linking smart hospitals and cities, and promote empirical-based cooperation that incorporates hospital space utilization and robot operation know-how into urban space strategies. It models the flow of various robots, such as guidance, delivery, and cleaning, from operational experiences in hospitals to develop a scenario that links robots and urban smart infrastructure.
In the future, the two institutions plan to promote joint research in smart city policy seminars, academic conferences, and government R&D tasks, and create a foundation for reflecting the hospital-urban linkage model in national policy and technology standards. It will also seek global expansion by strengthening policy exchanges and technology benchmarking with overseas medical institutions.
"Hospitals are the most complex spaces where functions are concentrated, and representative living infrastructure with active robots and AI technologies recently," said Kim Yong-sun, head of Hallym University Medical Center. "Through this agreement, we will actively cooperate to advance urban space strategies and smart building certification systems based on the medical center's experience in operating smart hospitals."
"This agreement is the starting point for an empirical-based urban planning that reflects robot utilization data in hospital space in urban design, and the association plans to strengthen the spatial innovation team's strategic planning and expand to urban services in order to develop future scenarios and certification standards between hospitals and cities," said Hwang Gwi-hyun, executive director of the Smart Cities Association.
Meanwhile, the two organizations will jointly present the theme of Architecture-Designing the Flow of Robots, Autonomous Driving, and AI in the City under the theme of Architecture-Designing the Flow of Robots, Autonomous Driving, and AI at the '2025 World Smart City Expo (WSCE)' to be held in BEXCO, Busan from July 15th to 17th.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
