As part of the "2026 Public

As part of the "2026 Public-Private Cooperation Open Innovation Support Project" organized by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, KINTEX will begin a demonstration (PoC) to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) and robot technology to the exhibition hall with three promising startups.

According to KINTEX on the 11th, all three tasks proposed by KINTEX were selected for this project. KINTEX provides actual sites as testbeds with the aim of strengthening the safety of exhibition halls and improving operational efficiency, and participating startups apply their own technologies to verify performance and on-site utilization.

KINTEX will support the infrastructure, operational data, and test environment necessary for demonstration, and start-ups will test the effectiveness by putting in specialized technologies in each field. In the future, it plans to continue cooperation so that the technology, which has been confirmed to be effective through demonstration, can be expanded and applied to the entire exhibition and convention industry.

First of all, The Keeper Co., Ltd., a startup in automobile and safety management, will demonstrate an "AI-based early detection solution for fire signs" for electric vehicle charging areas in ground parking lots. The goal is to preemptively block fire risks that may occur during the charging process of electric vehicles by detecting fire risk factors such as overheating and providing one-stop support until the initial response.

Robot start-up Plika automates the floor line marking work that has been done manually during the installation of exhibition booths with robots. It is expected to reduce input manpower and working time by automating repetitive field work and increase the efficiency of installing and operating exhibition halls.

Smartianwa, a start-up in the IoT manufacturing field, verifies the 'Edge AI-based spatial safety platform' that monitors major safety blind spots in the exhibition hall in real time such as toilets. It is a system that combines two-way emergency bells, hybrid sensors, and voice recognition technology to quickly detect and respond to dangerous situations.

In particular, the focus of the demonstration is on expanding the scope of safety management to vulnerable areas that are difficult to manage with the naked eye at all times, considering the characteristics of exhibition halls visited by large crowds. Through this, the plan is to supplement the existing manpower-centered safety management system and establish a tighter on-site safety net.

Lee Min-woo, CEO of KINTEX, said, "This cooperation is significant in that it is a win-win model that applies and verifies the innovative technologies of startups to actual exhibition halls to increase facility safety and operational efficiency at the same time. We will continue to provide support so that excellent technologies that have been thoroughly verified at the site can become a new global standard for the exhibition and convention industry at home and abroad."