SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday it will start an experimental project to transform gas stations into logistics hubs of the future. The growing popularity of online transactions and diversifying logistics channels have resulted in higher demand for distribution, but warehouses and logistics complexes in the capital city only [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said Sunday it had completed the development of industrial robot and system based on autonomous driving and launched trial operations. With articulated arms, the newly-developed mobile cooperative robot can perform tasks with other workers, while moving in self-driving mode in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it has deployed the first “robot official” as part of its robot distribution service project. The robot has been tasked with delivering public documents and parcels throughout city hall and serving as guides for visitors. It is capable of riding elevators autonomously. It [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Group’s robot business, for which Chairman Koo Kwang-mo made active investment after picking it as one of the group’s future cash cows, is finally showing signs of improvement in its financial performance. Robostar Co., a robot manufacturing subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., posted a consolidated revenue of 39.68 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Tuesday it will operate a self-driving smart robot chair for three weeks on a trial basis at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in collaboration with the Seoul Design Foundation. Visitors can ride on the robot chair to take a look [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Until recently, the robot market has been largely comprised of large, expensive industrial robots with fixed arms and manipulators used primarily for production and distribution of goods. Major customers for those industrial or factory robots are carmakers, electronics producers and metal and machinery manufacturing companies. However, the yearslong COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat Co. has unveiled a self-driving mower currently in development. The company revealed the autonomous driving zero-turn mower at the Equip Exposition 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday (local time). The mower, currently in development in tandem with local software developer Greenzie, comes [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store items now can be delivered to pensions, a type of Korean accommodation similar to a bed & breakfast, in a fast and convenient manner by drones. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Wednesday held a demonstration event for a convenience store drone delivery service in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. is speeding up efforts to gain a stronger foothold in the logistics robot market on the back of its next-generation self-driving logistics robot, CLOi CarryBot. The tech giant recently announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with artificial intelligence (AI) startup FASSTO to promote [...]
WONJU, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Wonju city government on Thursday announced that it will be hosting a drone fishing contest at the Ganhyeon tourist area on Oct. 8. The event is aimed at fostering the drone industry by linking it to the fishing industry, as well as creating a new leisure culture. A [...]