Hanwha Robotics said on the 17th that it will build an AI-based robot ecosystem linking industry, academia, research, and government to accelerate the AI transformation (AX) of manufacturing.
Hanwha Robotics held the "2025 AI-Robot Tech Connect" seminar with the Korea Association of Industrial Intelligence (KOIIA) at the LW Convention Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 13th and discussed ways to expand the adoption of robots and AI on manufacturing floors. This event was the third in KOIIA's "AI Autonomous Manufacturing Collabo Day" program, organized to expand partnerships between companies that demand and supply AI technologies, and drew more than 200 participants from domestic corporations and institutions.
The event focused on use cases and collaboration potential for applying AI-based robot technologies to manufacturing. Hanwha Robotics introduced its core technologies, including "Robot AI Vision" (an environment recognition-based intelligent work platform), a collaborative robot welding solution, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Participating corporations were particularly interested in the AI vision technology that enables robots to recognize their surroundings and perform tasks on their own.
Jeong Byung-chan, head of Hanwha Robotics, said, "The convergence of AI and robots is not a choice but a survival strategy," adding, "I hope this occasion will be the starting point for growing the autonomous manufacturing ecosystem beyond mere technology exchange."
Real-world applications from industrial sites were also presented. NovaTech, a robot automation corporation, and Vision Semicon, a semiconductor equipment corporation, drew attention by presenting cases of production line improvements using robot and AI technologies. The Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement (KIRIA) outlined the government's support policies in the robotics sector and advanced robot demonstration cases, presenting the government's role in spreading the ecosystem. Kang Nam-woo, a KAIST professor, emphasized the importance of a collaborative ecosystem, saying, "Manufacturing innovation is impossible without the convergence of AI and robots."
Hanwha Robotics plans to use this event as a springboard to expand cooperation with KOIIA and speed up the discovery of AI and robot solutions that meet the real needs of domestic corporations and the strengthening of a technology cooperation network.