South Korea’s tech giant Naver Corp. will complete onstructing the world’s first-ever robot-friendly building in Seongnam city in the second half of this year.
To be equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and robot technologies based on 237 patents, the building would have 29 above the ground floors and 8 underground floors.
It will be built on land with over 10,000 square meters.
The new office building, to be Naver's second, would be near its headquarters.
It will have elevators and hallways and multiple charging stations for the robots' exclusive use.
The different robots and AI technologies to be placed in the building are an AI-based face recognition system, an AI secretary that automatically writes down meeting minutes, and three robots serving drinks.
The tech company said that 5G networks will be used for the building’s operations.
Naver Labs CEO Seok Sang-ok pointed out that the building will connect the latest technologies, from cloud, robots, 5G, digital twins, to self-driving, all in one infrastructure.


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