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    Auberon Waugh

    HD Hyundai Robotics
    Native name
    		에이치디현대로보틱스 주식회사
    Company typePublic
    IndustryRobotics
    FoundedMay 1, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-01)
    Headquarters
    Dalseong County, Daegu
    ,
    South Korea
    Key people
    		Kim Wan-su
    ParentHD Hyundai
    Websitewww.hyundai-robotics.com

    HD Hyundai Robotics (Korean: HD현대로보틱스) is a South Korean robotics company founded in 2020. Its headquarters is located in Dalseong County, Daegu.

    History

    In October 1984, Hyundai Group established a robot business team at Hyundai Heavy Industries to directly manufacture robots needed for the production of Hyundai Motor Company. It developed robots for automobile manufacturing and Liquid-crystal display transport.[1][2] In 2016, the It was upgraded from Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine Machinery Division to Hyundai Heavy Industries Robot Division, and became an independent corporation in 2020.[3][4] In 2023, the company name was changed to the current name, HD Hyundai Robotics.[5]

    Product

    Over the 30 years since its establishment, the company has sold approximately 52,000 industrial robots to automakers and vendors.[5] The company mainly develop and produce multi-joint robots that can perform welding and assembly work in industrial sites. It sell approximately 4,000 industrial robots annually.[6] In addition, 40 types of robots, including Industrial, service robots and flat-panel display robots, are produced at the Daegu factory where the headquarters is located. The main customers are companies in the automobile, metal/machine, electrical/electronic, and food service industries.[4]

    About 90% of the company's total sales come from industrial robots such as the HS220.[5] Since 2019, the company have been producing service robots such as serving robots, quarantine robots, and cleaning robots.[7] The company jointly developed 'UNI', a mobile service robot equipped with voice recognition technology, with KT and installed it in hotels in Seoul, South Korea.[8]

    Factory

    The Smart Factory, located in Dalseong County, Daegu, has an area of 26,214 m2. The number of robots that can be produced by the robots in the factory is approximately 10,000 units per year.[5][9]

    In 2022, a production corporation was established in Jiangsu, China, and annual industrial robot production began in March 2023. Annual production volume is 3,000 units.[10]

    References

    1. ^ ""HD현대·두산에 삼성·한화까지"...로봇시장 판 커진다". Newsis. 5 September 2023.
    2. ^ "현대重, 로보틱스 독립시켜 '1兆 기업' 키운다". Korea Economic Daily. 13 December 2019.
    3. ^ "현대중공업 4개 회사로 분사 분할...날개 달고 미래 경쟁력 강화 나선다". Maeil Business Daily. 21 April 2017.
    4. ^ a b "600㎏ 번쩍 드는 3m짜리 '거대 팔'... HD현대로보틱스 가보니". Chosun Biz. 5 May 2023.
    5. ^ a b c d "로봇이 로봇 만드는 '스마트팩토리'... 미래 성장 이끈다". Segye Ilbo. 9 October 2019.
    6. ^ "현대重그룹, 로봇으로 승부...5년내 매출 1조로". Maeil Economic Daily. 13 December 2019.
    7. ^ ""국내는 좁다"...'70조 시장' 해외로 팔 뻗는 HD현대로보틱스". News1. 9 April 2023.
    8. ^ "현대중공업 로봇사업 분리 '현대로보틱스' 설립". Hankyoreh Shinmun. 13 December 2019.
    9. ^ "현대로보틱스 출범... 대구 '로봇도시의 꿈' 성큼". Segye Ilbo. 4 September 2017.
    10. ^ "로봇 자동화 기술 30년... 스마트 팩토리 기술 中에 수출하기도". Chosun Ilbo. 21 June 2019.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Hyundai_Robotics

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