Kakao Mobility announced on the 11th that it has signed a business agreement with the robot specialized corporation VD Company to accelerate the 'digital transformation of space based on service robots.'
On the 4th, the two parties signed a business agreement for the 'robot business for accelerating the digital transformation of space' at the Kakao Mobility headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, attended by key officials from both sides, including Jang Seong-wook, head of Kakao Mobility's Future Mobility Research Institute, and Ham Pan-sik, CEO of VD Company. Through the agreement, Kakao Mobility's robot platform technology will be integrated with VD Company's accumulated know-how for the commercialization of robot services.
Kakao Mobility aims to expand the categories of platform technology and services applicable to universal buildings and heterogeneous robots, and accelerate the digital transformation of space through robots. The 'digital transformation of space through robots' means providing robot services that consider user experience based on understanding people and situations in specific spaces, enabling the utilization of space on a digital basis.
Kakao Mobility's robot service 'BRING' provides an integrated solution that minimizes environmental constraints and maximizes efficiency in task assignment and movement paths by linking various heterogeneous robots to the versatile robot open API platform 'BRING-ON.'
VD Company, the agreement partner, was the first to supply serving robots in Korea and is striving for the commercialization of various robots, including cleaning robots and delivery robots. Having successfully provided robot services for an extended period, it possesses robust operational know-how and customer response experience in various environments, suggesting a strong synergy with Kakao Mobility.
Jang Seong-wook, head of the Future Mobility Research Institute, who attended the agreement ceremony, noted, "As various robots, such as delivery and cleaning robots, provide services simultaneously, the platform capability of Kakao Mobility, which is its strength, becomes more important as an integrated solution coordinating roles and movement paths among heterogeneous robots. We will enhance the perception of the digital transformation of space by successfully optimizing the operation of various categories, including cleaning services, through this collaboration with VD Company."