Samjong KPMG Collaborates with AICA Korea for Robot Popularization

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Ji-hwan] Samjong KPMG announced on the 2nd that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration on service robot ecosystem creation and experience design with AICA Korea at Samjong KPMG headquarters in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu on the 1st.

The signing ceremony was attended by Park Moon-gu, Executive Director of Samjong KPMG Consulting Division, Seo Young-woo, CEO of AICA Korea, and officials from both companies.

Based on collaboration in service robot ecosystem creation and experience design, the two companies plan to mutually cooperate across the entire business spectrum including feasibility review, service planning and development, and robot development. Through this, they aim to supply differentiated robot solutions in the market and popularize service robots.

The Consulting Division of Samjong KPMG consists of experts across various fields covering all industries including domestic and international financial institutions, government, local governments, public infrastructure, manufacturing, distribution, and IT. Through organic collaboration with global KPMG and continuous investment, it possesses excellent consulting capabilities related to the 4th industrial revolution such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), robots, Digital Transformation (DX), and smart cities. Based on this, it leads the market by executing numerous DX consulting projects for leading domestic companies, including space and mobility experience-based service design, autonomous vehicle and drone ecosystem strategy establishment and operation model design, CDO and CIO joint next-generation systems, My Data business models, OT cybersecurity, and AML related to the Special Financial Transactions Information Act.

AICA Korea is the only domestic service robot ODM company, developing and owning service robots that connect lifestyle space experiences such as food delivery robots and parcel delivery robots used in daily life, as well as healthcare systems like AI non-contact personal health management systems. It is growing as the top domestic service robot ODM company by carrying out robot ODM projects with leading domestic conglomerates.

It is expected that through the abundant experience and expertise of both companies, they will contribute to the creation of digital-based spatial experiences, service robot ecosystem formation, and popularization of service robots.

Park Moon-gu, Executive Director of Samjong KPMG Consulting Division, said, “With the surge in demand for non-face-to-face services due to COVID-19 and changes in market trends and environment, service robot-related business is emerging,” adding, “We will strive to lead the domestic service robot market through Samjong KPMG’s global consulting service know-how and AICA Korea’s differentiated technology.”

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