SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor said it has begun testing humanoid robots at its automobile production facilities in the United States, marking a significant step in the company’s broader effort to integrate robotics and artificial intelligence into manufacturing. The automaker disclosed Thursday that it has been conducting proof-of-concept trials of the humanoid robot [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Battery stocks, long sidelined by a global slowdown in electric vehicle demand, are staging a sharp comeback in South Korea’s exchange-traded fund market, buoyed by growing investor optimism around the emerging humanoid robot industry. Data released Friday by Koscom show that battery-related ETFs dominated the top of last week’s [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Humanoid robots are emerging as a key industry of the future in the face of accelerating global aging, but overcoming critical challenges in power efficiency and control systems will be essential for mass adoption, a recent report by KDB Future Strategy Research Institute said. Citing a February 2025 forecast by [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has newly designated robotics and defense technologies as part of its portfolio of advanced technologies the country aims to strategically develop as new economic growth engines, the industry ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy posted a notification of designation of the two new [...]