HD Hyundai Robotics
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Native name | 에이치디현대로보틱스 주식회사 |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Robotics |
| Founded | May 1, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Dalseong County, Daegu , South Korea |
Key people | Kim Wan-su |
| Parent | HD Hyundai |
| Website | www |
HD Hyundai Robotics (Korean: HD현대로보틱스) is a South Korean robotics company founded in 2020. Its headquarters is located in Dalseong County, Daegu.
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]
