SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will be testing autonomous food delivery robots until November of next year. The project will deploy 11 robots of three different types for the 18-month testing period. Following this month’s preparatory phase, indoor delivery robots will be deployed in August to engage [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecom operator, said Tuesday it has partnered with an affiliate of Russian tech giant Yandex to jointly develop delivery robots. KT and Yandex Self-Driving Group inked an agreement in Moscow to develop and roll out an autonomous delivery robot within this year and to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store chain 7-Eleven said Monday that it will begin test driving ‘Neubie’, an autonomous, short-range delivery robot, at a store in Seoul’s Seocho district. The robot, equipped with a camera-based autonomous driving system, demonstrates outstanding performance in maneuvering in urban areas and is capable of delivery under various [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new artificial intelligence (AI)-based delivery robot made an appearance at a local convenience store. LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker, and GS Retail Co., operator of convenience store chain GS25, introduced the an AI-based delivery robot LG CLOi ServeBot for a test run at a convenience [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with the country’s top delivery operator Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a robot delivery service using 5G technology. The two companies signed an agreement to introduce SK Telecom’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology into Woowa [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Movex Co., a logistics system affiliate under Hyundai Group, said Tuesday it has forged ties with Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a delivery robot that can move between floors. Hyundai Movex said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the South Korean startup that operates the popular food [...]