[Special Report] The Era of Autonomous Driving Opens... Robot Stocks Surge

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji Yeon-jin] Robot-related stocks are showing a sharp rise on the 27th.

Everybot is trading at 34,350 KRW on the KOSDAQ market as of 10:22 AM, up 24.23% (6,700 KRW) from the previous day. At the same time, Robotis is also up 15.10% (2,900 KRW), reaching 22,100 KRW.

Both stocks are showing strength following recent news of developing autonomous driving-related technologies for robots. Everybot has completed patent applications for five core technologies through the in-house development of LiDAR sensors installed in autonomous service robots.

LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) sensors primarily rotate laser distance detection sensors at high speed 360 degrees to measure distances to obstacles in all directions, enabling real-time spatial information recognition. It is one of the key components of autonomous driving robots.

Robotis also announced on the 16th that it registered two patents for 'autonomous driving robots' and 'driving modules for autonomous driving robots.' These patented technologies are planned to be applied to the outdoor delivery robot 'Ilgaemi' and can potentially expand commercialization into various service fields such as food delivery, cargo transportation, security, advertising, and guidance.

Robotis surged to the daily limit price on the 13th of this month and rose 22.47% again on the 16th.

The recent strength in robot stocks is also analyzed to be influenced by Samsung Electronics' efforts to strengthen its robot business. Samsung Electronics upgraded its existing 'Robot Commercialization Task Force (TF)' to a 'Robot Business Team' through an organizational restructuring at the end of the year. Earlier this year, Samsung Electronics established a robot TF directly under former CE (Consumer Electronics) division head Kim Hyun-seok, but changed it to a permanent organization to accelerate the robot business.

Seol Tae-hyun, a researcher at DB Financial Investment, said, "The recent organizational restructuring upgrading the robot commercialization TF to a permanent robot business team has increased expectations that the robot business will be fully launched," adding, "Samsung Electronics is expected to release home robots that can be used in connection with smartphones and home appliances."

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