Robotis, by which LG Electronics holds a place because the second-largest shareholder, is taking part in a Japanese humanoid exhibition to showcase its bodily synthetic intelligence (AI) know-how in logistics and manufacturing sectors. Robotis’ technique is to broaden its presence within the world humanoid market, particularly the US and China, primarily based on its bodily AI-based working humanoid “AI Employee.”
Robotis is taking part within the worldwide robotic exhibition iREX held at Tokyo Massive Sight in Japan for 4 days ranging from Dec. 3, showcasing the “AI Employee” together with AI manipulators (robotic arms), robotic palms, and Dynamixel (joints).
The core is the AI Employee. The AI Employee is a domestically produced working humanoid robotic that’s already present process demonstrations in numerous fields together with logistics and manufacturing automation, dealing with irregular objects, and offering imitation studying and reinforcement studying platforms. Sensible collaboration has additionally been happening, together with the supply in Could of the AI Employee to LG Electronics for analysis functions.
The AI Employee is split into three important options (Degree 1-3). Whereas Degree 1 focuses on cost-efficient AI manipulation, the very best degree, Degree 3, is a semi-humanoid robotic system able to two-handed manipulation and implementing imitation studying and free coverage coaching.
Bodily AI goes past shifting in keeping with predetermined logic to make autonomous judgments and carry out vital duties. This know-how permits robots to switch capabilities beforehand carried out by human arms and is taken into account a core know-how for AI manufacturing. Robotis at the moment has particular cooperative relationships with CJ Korea Specific and BGF Retail. Humanoids are thought of the very best tier of bodily AI.
Bodily AI gained consideration after the discharge of the ALOHA Venture video by Stanford College and Google DeepMind in January final yr, and have become a subject of dialogue when Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, talked about the Bodily AI period at CES 2025 early this yr.
Robotis has established itself as an organization with world core know-how capabilities, gaining consideration within the world market by supplying the actuator Dynamixel, which serves as joints, to the ALOHA Venture. In November final yr, the corporate additionally signed a collaborative robotic improvement partnership value 10 billion gained with the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise (MIT).
Presently, consultant corporations within the world humanoid market embody Tesla, Determine AI, and Agility from the US, and Unitree, AgiBOT, LEJU, and UBTech from China. Nevertheless, since no concrete outcomes have been achieved to this point, the standards for market dominance formation stay ambiguous. Unitree and AgiBOT are additionally taking part on this iREX exhibition to showcase their humanoid know-how capabilities.
In accordance with world market analysis agency Mordor Intelligence, the worldwide robotic market is anticipated to develop from $73.64 billion this yr to $185.37 billion in 2030, with a median annual development price of 20.28%. Mordor Intelligence identified that “giant companies are accelerating adoption for manufacturing stabilization amid wage pressures” and “small and medium-sized enterprises are increasing accessibility to robotic adoption via collaborative programs and robot-as-a-service contracts.”
LG Electronics invested 9 billion gained in 2017 and holds a 7.36% stake as of the top of September. Robotis went public on KOSDAQ in 2018, and LG Electronics’ stake worth is 240 billion gained primarily based on the closing worth on Dec. 2. Robotis performed a paid-in capital enhance value 210 billion gained final month, with the raised funds for use for facility funding and analysis and improvement (R&D).
A Robotis official said, “Based mostly on our distinctive actuator know-how and {hardware} competitiveness primarily based on bodily AI, we’re solidifying our place within the world market” and “We are going to create outcomes that meet market expectations by proving the effectiveness of our know-how in numerous precise discipline websites.”
