South Korea is one of the leading countries in the use of industrial robots worldwide, with the International Federation of Robotics listing it as having the world's second most automated manufacturing industry in 2019.[1] The country's robot industry has grown from ₩6.29 trillion in 2016 to ₩9.18 trillion in 2020.[2]

The South Korean government plans to nearly quadruple the country's robot market to 20 trillion won from 2021 to help ease labor shortages in South Korea, which has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.[3]

Airport cleaning robot by LG

List of robots edit

HUBO edit

HUBO (Korean: 휴보) was developed by HUBO Laboratory, a humanoid robot laboratory at KAIST.[4]

CRX10 edit

CRX10 (Korean: 시알엑스텐) is an autonomous mobile robot platform for education, training, and research. It was developed by CNRobot and released in May 2011.[5]

EveR edit

EveR (Korean: 에버) is a female android series developed by a team of Korean scientists from the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology at the Korea University of Science and Technology. It was unveiled to the public in 2003.[6]

Others edit

South Korean robotics companies edit

General robotics edit

Industrial robotics edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Robotics, IFR International Federation of. "Robot Race: The World´s Top 10 automated countries". IFR International Federation of Robotics.
  2. ^ "S.Korea to spend $2.3 bn to quadruple robot market by 2030". The Korea Economic Daily.
  3. ^ "Robotic Technologies Transforming South Korea To Watch Out For In 2023". Storm4.
  4. ^ "History of HUBO, Korean Humanoid Robot". Springer Link.
  5. ^ "CRX10'S Curriculum". CNRobot. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  6. ^ "EveR". Robots Voice. 23 October 2013.