The Korea Sports Promotion Agency introduces AI for the first time in Korea to inspect the safety of sports facilities
Dec 03, 2025
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In November, the Sports Corporation conducted an artificial intelligence (AI)-based pilot inspection at the Olympic swimming pool in Olympic Park. In the inspection, drones equipped with autonomous flight functions and portable safety diagnosis equipment were operated together to confirm structural defects in the facilities from various angles. The drone inspected high-risk areas that were difficult for human access, such as high ceilings and tops of structures, and the portable equipment checked detailed cracks and falls such as indoor walls, columns, and floors through close-up photography.
Both devices are equipped with rotating LiDAR sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis modules to create a three-dimensional (3D) map of facilities and artificial intelligence (AI) automatically identifies damaged areas, and the inspection results can be quickly confirmed with a dedicated digital program.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to inspect infrastructure facilities such as bridges, tunnels, and dams, but this is the first time it has been applied to sports facilities. This proved that safety checks using artificial intelligence (AI) can secure high stability and excellent results even in the field of sports facilities.
An official from the Korea Sports Corporation said "This pilot inspection showed that it is possible to inspect high-efficiency sports facilities as well as the safety of inspectors."Based on the results of the pilot inspection in the future, we plan to expand it to sports facilities nationwide through efficiency and accuracy verification."
Meanwhile, the Sports Corporation plans to conduct artificial intelligence (AI)-based safety checks at about 10 sports facilities next year, and the checked data will be provided as 'public data' to help private companies learn.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
