TiRobotics "Expecting Benefits for Robot Business from Non-Face-to-Face Economy Activation Policy"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] T-Robotics announced on the 25th that it is expected to benefit from the government’s robot industry policy aimed at revitalizing the non-face-to-face economy.

Seong Yunmyo, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, revealed the government’s robot industry policy direction after visiting a logistics robot manufacturing company on the 22nd.

Minister Seong said, “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the role of robots as a catalyst driving the non-face-to-face economy has become increasingly important,” adding, “We will spare no support to activate the use of robots in various fields.”

In fact, with the transition to a non-face-to-face economy, the logistics industry has emerged as a core element for logistics efficiency and contactless operations due to the surge in logistics volume and cluster infections at logistics centers after COVID-19. The global logistics robot market is expected to grow from $3.6 billion in 2018 to $22.4 billion by 2022.

Founded in 2004, T-Robotics is the only domestic company developing and supplying vacuum robots. Through Enro, a joint venture established in June last year with ZMP, a Japanese autonomous driving robot development specialist, the company has agreed to collaborate on technology development for logistics transfer robots such as Carryro, delivery robots like Dilly, and autonomous vehicles as part of the smart factory business. While expanding its business areas related to robots such as drip bots in food tech, the company recently strengthened global robot technology cooperation by making an aggressive investment worth approximately 1.5 billion KRW in MyoSwiss, a Swiss robot development specialist, to commercialize rehabilitation robots.

A T-Robotics official said, “Recently, inquiries about the company’s robot business have increased due to COVID-19. Among the robots under development, the rehabilitation robot Healbot-G will allow users to self-treat and exercise through the robot, eliminating the inconvenience of having to visit professional rehabilitation therapists,” adding, “Logistics transfer robots Carryro and Dilly are products partially commercialized by ZMP and are playing a significant role in logistics transfer at manufacturing sites.” He emphasized, “Regarding food tech robots, we developed the drip bot, and we expect it to practically enable unmanned operation at BotBotBot in Seongsu-dong, which is directly operated by the company, advancing the existing coffee shop model.”

He said, “I understand that robots related to untact (contactless) businesses have recently been gaining attention due to COVID-19,” adding, “Although many companies are facing difficulties due to COVID-19, fortunately, our company has not experienced major difficulties so far, and we will continue to devote ourselves to the development and production of robots.”

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