'Robot Industry Mecca' Pohang City, Related Agencies Meeting... Robot Demonstration Center's Unique 'Presence'

Utilizing Excellent Regional Infrastructure... Leading the Robot Industry as a New Growth Engine

On the 18th, Pohang City held a meeting to strengthen communication with related organizations for the revitalization of the robot industry.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk Province, announced on the 20th that it held a meeting on the 18th to strengthen communication with related organizations for the revitalization of the robot industry.

At the meeting, key officials from related organizations participated, including the Korea Institute of Robot Convergence, a core research institution in the domestic robot field, the Underwater Robot Construction Project Group of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, the Future Strategy Industry Division, and the Investment Enterprise Support Division.

Pohang region is noted for having infrastructure such as the only Safety Robot Demonstration Center and the Underwater Robot Complex Demonstration Center in Korea, making it highly competitive in the development of the robot industry compared to any other region nationwide.

The Safety Robot Demonstration Center, opened last October on a 19,800㎡ site within the Yeongilman 3 General Industrial Complex, is a core facility of the "National Safety Robot Project," which develops robot technology to be used at disaster sites, attracting institutions from all over the country for demonstration tests.

The Underwater Robot Complex Demonstration Center is a place where pre-demonstration tests are conducted before equipment necessary for underwater construction is deployed in actual sea areas. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and Pohang City invested a total of 81.5 billion KRW from 2013 to 2019 to build this center as part of the underwater construction robot technology development project.

The Underwater Robot Complex Demonstration Center has developed and operated three types of ROVs: a light work ROV for maintenance, a medium work ROV for submarine cable laying, and a track-based ROV for rock work.

Kim Jong-sik, Director of the Job and Economy Office of Pohang City, pledged, "We will do our best to strengthen the competitiveness of the robot industry, a future new growth industry, by utilizing superior robot infrastructure compared to other regions, and based on this, attract robot companies to the region, leading to regional economic revitalization and job creation."

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