SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Carrying two ice lattes and a blueberry scone, a courier leaves a cafe on the 18th floor of a building, passing through an automatic door before taking an elevator down to the fourth floor. The deliverer then uses an application to notify the customer that the order will arrive [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., in tandem with industrial automation components manufacturer Omron Electronics Korea Co., announced Tuesday the development of a robot designed to carry out quarantine tasks to fight the coronavirus. The robot features ICT and automation technology including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, and Internet of Things [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, announced Monday that it will be testing the indoor autonomous driving food delivery robot Dilly Tower at the company’s headquarters in Seoul’s Songpa District until May 29. Dilly Tower is synced to a local elevator, allowing it to call, [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is propagating rapidly across the globe, boosting the popularity of so-called “untact” services, and promoting Fourth Industrial Revolution technology based on artificial intelligence. Many companies have been increasing spending on automation, including robot purchases, in light of the pandemic. The International Federation of Robotics estimates that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. showcased its newly developed food service robot at a local restaurant in Seoul. The LG CLOi ServeBot comes with indoor autonomous driving technology and an obstacle avoidance system. The robot is capable of delivering food to the table where customers are seated as well as returning [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced on Wednesday that it has developed a robotic hand that can make use of various materials and tools such as picking up and moving an egg or using scissors to cut an object. The robotic hand is comprised of four [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Genesis BBQ Co., a major South Korean fried chicken chain, opened a new ‘smart store’ in Seoul’s Songpa District on December 6. There are no employees to take orders at the store. Instead, there are tablet PCs on each table that are used to order food. The food made [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As more children are exposed to digital technologies from an early age, a growing number of tech-savvy parents are looking for toys that can help make their kids more creative and smarter. After searching for an answer for a fun, easy and expandable toy, RoboRisen, a Korean robot startup, [...]
TAEAN, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A local government is taking the spotlight after introducing a robot to feed Korean native cattle. Taean-gun Agricultural Development & Technology Center in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province is currently undertaking a TMR (total mixed ration) feeding project using unmanned robots on two farms. The robots are self-driven as [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has developed a machine control device that can make robot operations easily and safely, a state-run institute said Tuesday, a move that could lead to the growth of smart factories. The “robot-teaching” apparatus created by researchers at the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics led by Do Hyun-min [...]