LG Robots Recognized for Their Friendly and Safe Design
Published2017.12.11 15:36LG Electronics' cleaning robot won the Presidential Award, the highest honor, at the "Good Design Selection," Korea's most prestigious design award. This marks a significant milestone, as it is the first time in the industry that a robot has won the top prize at the "Good Design Selection."
LG's cleaning robot, currently in service at Incheon International Airport, won the Presidential Award at the 2017 Excellent Design Awards, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion. This marks LG Electronics' second consecutive win at the prestigious awards, following its win last year for the LG SIGNATURE OLED TV.
Previously, LG's airport cleaning robot won a silver award at the 'IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards) 2017', a world-renowned design award, in August.
Airport cleaning robots possess the cleaning capabilities of home robot vacuums, autonomous driving, and obstacle avoidance technology, and are optimized for the airport environment. By storing a map of areas requiring cleaning in a database, they autonomously find the most efficient route, even in complex and vast airports, and clean thoroughly. As it is used in public places, it adopts a customer-friendly design, such as a snowman-like appearance, to give a friendly and safe image.
The guide robot, currently in pilot service alongside the cleaning robot, received the Korea Institute of Design Promotion Award. Equipped with a voice recognition platform, the robot supports four languages: Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. Airport passengers can access flight information, gate locations, amenities, and store locations via the curved display on the robot's front.
LG Electronics Design Management Center Director Noh Chang-ho emphasized, “As we began to fully launch our robot business, our first commercial robots were recognized for their design competitiveness both domestically and internationally,” and “We will continue to expand and develop LG Electronics’ differentiated design competitiveness into our robot product line.”
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