DAEJEON, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that it has developed a humanoid robot pilot capable of understanding flight manuals written in natural language and flying an aircraft. The robot pilot, named Pibot, can memorize all of the world’s Jeppson navigation charts and directly [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The 1997 sci-fi movie “The Fifth Element” features a futuristic city filled with flying cars zooming in and out of the gaps between buildings hundreds of meters above the ground. Some 26 years later, things have developed enough that it is feasible for people to think the world is [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — On June 30, the National Orchestra of Korea will make history as a robot takes the conductor’s podium for the first time in Korea. The robot, named EveR6 and created by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), will conduct the orchestral series IV titled ‘The Absence’ at the [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. on Thursday announced a new service on at a restaurant in Wanju County, North Joella Province, which combines autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) serving robots with its table order solution called High Order. The restaurant operates 16 serving robots and 90 High Order devices, [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain GS25 is revolutionizing the industry with the launch of Ereon, an AI self-driving serving robot. This marks the first sale of its kind in convenience stores, with Ereon becoming available at over 9,000 GS25 stores in Seoul this month. Equipped with advanced vibration control and AI [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO said Sunday it plans to collaborate with local developers to develop robots specifically designed for safety management. Under an agreement with Withrobot Co., South Korea’s leading steelmaker will develop robots that move on wires to monitor accidents at its production lines, the company said. The robots will utilize [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will conduct South Korea’s inaugural demonstration of an unmanned robot charging system, capable of charging electric vehicles (EVs) without direct contact. Currently, the majority of EV charging systems utilize a plug-in mechanism, which necessitates users to directly connect a cable to their [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A robot will conduct an orchestra for the first time in South Korea during a concert scheduled for late this month, the orchestra said Thursday. The National Orchestra of Korea, a traditional Korean music orchestra under the National Theater of Korea, said it will present the show “Absence” at [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of robots developed by Doosan Robotics Co. are set to make an appearance at a KLPGA Tour. The company announced that it will run a “food town” in the Gallery Plaza during the Doosan Match Play Championship taking place in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, from Wednesday to Sunday. [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean auto parts maker HL Mando Co. said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with real estate management service provider AJ Daewon Co. for the commercialization of autonomous driving patrol robots. According to the agreement, the two companies will collaborate on the commercialization of robots [...]