Hyundai Construction Signs MOU with Hyundai Robotics for Research Collaboration in Construction Robotics Field

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced on the 17th that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Robotics for 'research cooperation in the construction robotics field.'

The signing ceremony held the previous day at the Hyundai Building in Gye-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, was attended by key officials from both companies, including Park Guyong, Executive Director and Head of Hyundai Engineering & Construction's Technology Research Institute, and Yoon Daekyu, Executive Director and Head of Hyundai Robotics' Robot Research Institute.

Since 2018, Hyundai Engineering & Construction has regarded the 'construction robotics' sector, which is gaining attention as a future new business, as a technology that can fundamentally transform the labor-intensive construction industry. The company has been strategically fostering this new market and accelerating technological development.

With this agreement, Hyundai Engineering & Construction plans to leverage robotics technology experience previously used in manufacturing industries such as automotive to advance construction site robot technology to the next level. Hyundai Robotics aims to target the construction sector as a new market.

Through this MOU, both companies will closely collaborate to enhance robotics technology competitiveness optimized for the construction industry, including ▲development of robots for construction site tasks ▲mobile service robot business ▲development of core autonomous driving technologies within construction site buildings ▲and mid- to long-term business promotion strategies.

Robots for construction site tasks will be applied to anchoring work (drilling holes), painting, welding, and masonry at the site. Hyundai Engineering & Construction will be responsible for construction task motion control (Manipulation) and autonomous driving technology application at construction sites, while Hyundai Robotics will handle collaborative robots that can work in the same space as humans and vision technology (camera image analysis technology).

Park Guyong, Executive Director of Hyundai Engineering & Construction's Technology Research Institute, stated, "In the post-COVID era, we will cooperate with Hyundai Robotics to introduce the concept of automated production similar to manufacturing into construction sites and lead innovation in the construction industry." Yoon Daekyu, Executive Director of Hyundai Robotics, said, "Through this cooperation with Hyundai Engineering & Construction, we expect to expand our solution capabilities from manufacturing and logistics to construction by applying and developing robot technology for new industries, aiming to create a new paradigm for construction task robots."

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