These collaborative machines have been deployed for everything from making coffee and deep fried chicken to serving beer and handling luggage at an airport.
Korea s major conglomerates are moving to tap deeper into the robotics industry as demand for collaborative robots is soaring amid rising labor costs, according to industry officials, Monday.
The stereotypical images of industrial robots in the past depicted automated machines working behind fences, isolated from human workers. The development of elaborate sensors detecting human contact and lightweight materials, however, has ushered in an era of collaborative robots, or “cobots,” which can interact with human workers more safely within a shared space, or in close proximity.
South Korean humanoid robotics company Rainbow Robotics said Monday it is joining a 17.4 billion won ($13.36 million) state-run project to develop robots specialized for firefighting. Overseen by the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence, affiliated with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the project aims to create two advanced firefighter robots by 2028. One robot is designed to navigate disaster zones, .
A South Korean consortium is planning to develop a four-legged robot that could help save people from fires and extinguish flames, Rainbow Robotics announced Monday.