DAEJEON, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Forest Service has announced plans to distribute “STEP-UP,” a wearable firefighting robot equipped with GPS, in areas along the eastern coast that are highly susceptible to large forest fires. With an investment of 200 million won, the STEP-UP project aims to boost the safety and firefighting capabilities of [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed ultra-precision, large-scale location recognition technology capable of intricately controlling the movements of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and robots. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Tuesday they have created a wireless tag integrated with ultra-precision location [...]
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 [...]
ULSAN, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An avatar refers to an image that represents a computer user in online games and chat rooms. However, the term avatar has taken on a new meaning in the robotics field. It stands for an interActive and intuitiVe control interfAce for a TeleoperAted Robot (AVATAR) system, designed to transport [...]
HONG KONG, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies that support supply networks can scale to fulfill their needs as supply chains increasingly grasp the benefits of automation. Synergy Dynamics (HK) Limited forecasts accelerated growth in 2022, thanks to strong development made in 2021 and growing demand for its robotic solutions across a variety of industries. Home deliveries, [...]
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. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refinery, said Thursday it will introduce cutting-edge robots at the Ulsan industrial complex, or Ulsan CLX, the company’s flagship refining factory site in the southeastern port city. The new robots at Ulsan CLX include a four-legged walking robot called SPOT as well [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major shipbuilders are introducing robots to overcome a lack of manpower. Samsung Heavy Industries Co. recently introduced robots at its shipyard in Geoje Island to cut steel materials and weld them into blocks. During the sub-block assembly, a human employee works with the so-called ‘collaboration robots’, instead [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Korea Institute of Robotics and Technology Convergence showed off a variety of robots on Monday in celebration of its 10th anniversary. A snake-shaped rescue robot that is designed to explore narrow spaces can move its head in the direction that sound is coming from. After detecting people [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Expanded use of robots has resulted in a “meaningful” decline in demand for human labor in the manufacturing industry while replacing mostly “routine” and “repetitive” jobs, a central bank report said Wednesday. The Bank of Korea’s report was based on data related to introduction of robots in industries and [...]