Presentation of 5 product technologies and 3 basic technologies
Focusing on collaborative robots and assembly robots

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a public hearing on the ‘Robot Industry Technology Roadmap for the Republic of Korea’ at the L Tower in Yangjae-dong.

The Korea Robot Industry Technology Roadmap is a follow-up measure to the 'Robot Industry Development Plan' decided by the Robot Industry Policy Council. Around 80 experts, including the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, six major robot research institutes, universities, and demand companies, prepared a draft roadmap through the operation of field-specific subcommittees.

The technology roadmap divides core robot technologies into 'eight key areas' and presents five product technologies (manufacturing, logistics/agriculture, medical/rehabilitation, and safety/personal services) and three basic technologies (parts, SW/intelligence, and standardization).

In the field of 'manufacturing robots', which account for the largest share of the domestic robot market among product technologies, development goals and technology acquisition plans were derived with a focus on collaborative robots and assembly process robots. The robot 'parts', which are the basic technologies, were classified into sensors, actuators, and controllers, and the direction of component technology development linked to robot products was presented to secure domestic component technology competitiveness.

The roadmap is scheduled to be finalized in July after reflecting opinions from various sectors through this public hearing and online opinion collection. Once confirmed, it is planned to be used in conjunction with the new project planning of the robot industry core technology development project and the intelligent robot distribution and expansion project.

An official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said, “This roadmap is significant in that it induces the formation of a broad consensus with the participation of various experts from robotics research institutes, academia, and industry, and suggests goals and strategies to focus on in the future based on an analysis of the current status and strengths of domestic corporate research institutes.”