Machines Like Us

With several robotic products ready to hit the domestic and the international markets, Korea's robot industry looks set to become a new driving force for the economy. In addition to Yujin, companies like DasaTech, Hanool Robotics, IZI Robotics and Samsung Electronics are preparing to release robots, some of which will cost around W2 million (US$1=W944). Korean companies are expected to make headway into the world household robot market, which currently is comprised of just cleaning machines.

Korean robots have already attracted attention abroad. At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January, a Microsoft researcher cited iRobi Q as the perfect subject for a robot operating system the software giant is working on. The UBOT, a self-navigating robot vacuum that follows barcodes hidden on floors, won the CES Innovations Awards for its maker Microbot of South Korea.

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