The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) and HL Mando are expanding the domestic advanced robotics industry ecosystem by actively conducting demonstrations of AI robot and humanoid technologies.

On the 7th, KETI signed a business agreement with HL Mando for joint technology development and industrial expansion at the 'Robot Plus Test Field' located in Suseo, Gangnam, Seoul.

This agreement aims to promote commercialization and technology diffusion through joint use of testing and certification infrastructure and technology exchange, focusing on improving the performance of actuators, a core component of humanoid robots.

Actuators are key driving devices that convert electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy into force and motion to move robot joints, and are essential components for implementing high-difficulty movements in humanoid robots.

The two organizations plan to jointly develop key technologies, including high-efficiency design, intelligent and control algorithms, and environmental resistance, and establish performance and stability evaluation standards and procedures based on real-world environments.

KETI focuses on enhancing technological perfection and reliability based on its specialized capabilities as a public research institute, including robot system design, smart sensors, testing and certification infrastructure, and intelligence and control algorithms.

In particular, we plan to strengthen verification and industrial applicability based on the Robot Plus Test Field, Seoul's first public robot facility.

Based on its accumulated motor, reducer, and controller design and manufacturing technology in the electrification and control fields, HL Mando plans to advance the low-noise, high-durability design of robot actuators and the high-precision control algorithms.

The two organizations will expand cooperation through joint planning and demonstration of AI robot and humanoid technologies, joint use of standardization, testing, evaluation, and certification infrastructure, establishment of a joint operating council, and exchange of technology and personnel through seminars and workshops.

KETI Research Director Jinwoo Cho said, “The development of core humanoid robot technologies through industry-research collaboration will be a turning point for the self-reliance of the domestic robot parts industry,” and added, “We will establish a standardization and verification system to increase industrial reliability.”