The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) will provide technology and human resources support to help the promising local robotics company, Tweeny (CEOs Hong-seok Cheon and Young-seok Cheon), grow.

ETRI announced on the 10th that it will begin full-scale cooperation with Twiny to advance autonomous driving technology and expand its customer base in the logistics market.

ETRI has been making great efforts to help small and medium-sized enterprises successfully commercialize their technologies.

Representative examples include the research personnel field support project, which dispatches doctoral-level talent to corporate sites.

ETRI announced that it is receiving a great response as it is transferring technology related to the Fleet Management System (FMS) to TWINY and is acting as a strong supporter by providing customized technical support and dispatching researchers to resolve corporate difficulties.

FMS is a software that comprehensively controls robots such as unmanned guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) so that they can perform transport tasks without collision.

Tweeny is a technology transfer and research company with ETRI.Through collaboration, the company plans to enhance the system so that more than 100 robots can move along optimal routes, and develop a logistics processing performance prediction simulator.

Through this, the two organizations aim to further enhance the competitiveness of their products in the logistics market and to enter large-scale logistics centers.

In August of last year, ETRI dispatched Dr. Jin-Kyung Kim from the Commercialization Division to Tweeny to provide on-site research support for research personnel and is currently supporting research cooperation.

Dr. Kim is actively supporting the company's growth by leading cooperation in FMS-related technology commercialization between the two organizations.

ETRI's Choi Jeong-dan, head of the Mobility Robot Research Center, said, "We are excited to collaborate with a promising robotics company like Tweeny, with such technological prowess. We will listen closely to the advancements in the robotics industry and the challenges faced by companies, and work together to achieve positive results."

Twiny CEO Cheon Yeong-seok also stated, "Following the positive response from potential customers during the order picking robot demonstrations held in March and April, we have also received a significant number of inquiries regarding robot adoption. We anticipate that this technical collaboration with ETRI will accelerate our access to large-scale logistics centers."

Since 2004, ETRI has been operating various corporate support programs following the establishment of a dedicated technology commercialization organization. Representative examples include: △E-family business technology support, △support for technical difficulties, and △operation of a technical assistance consulting center.

ETRI plans to further expand its support programs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for technology commercialization in the future to provide practical assistance to local companies.

Through this, ETRI aims to serve as a strong technology provider and sponsor for local companies.

Twiny is a company specializing in autonomous logistics transport robots. It develops and supplies robots that can operate autonomously both indoors and outdoors for order picking in logistics centers and factory automation.

It was selected as a potential unicorn by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in 2021 and recognized as a unicorn company with a corporate value of over 1 trillion won and with high growth potential.

On the 8th, the two organizations signed a letter of intent (LOI) for business cooperation following a technology transfer agreement related to the squadron management system.