LG CNS said on the 11th that it signed a business agreement with comprehensive logistics company LX Pantos to build a robot-based next-generation smart logistics system.
Under the agreement, the two companies will build a logistics automation system that links a Humanoid Robot and a shuttle robot at LX Pantos' Megawise Cheongna logistics center. For example, when a shuttle robot removes items scheduled for shipment from the warehouse, a Humanoid Robot will receive the items and load them onto automated sorting equipment or a robot, implementing the entire process in which the sorted items are shipped by destination.
An LG CNS official said the goal is to reduce the burden of repetitive tasks at LX Pantos' logistics sites and create a stable work environment.
LG CNS plans to train robots based on LX Pantos' vast logistics site data. It will use its in-house robot training platform Physical Works Forge for training and the integrated control platform Physical Works Baton for robot operations.
For robot hardware, LG CNS decided to use the wheel-type Humanoid Robot from U.S. robotics specialist Dexmate, in which it invested in March, and its in-house developed logistics robot Mobile Shuttle. Mobile Shuttle moves within warehouse shelves at a speed of 1.5 meters per second and can load and transport up to 1,500 kg per unit.
The two companies plan to build TDL Lab, a demonstration space for showcasing logistics automation processes, in the second half of this year. Based on this, they will also promote commercialization of logistics robots for external customers in the future.
Park Sang-gyun, executive vice president and head of the telecommunications, distribution and services division at LG CNS, said, "This business agreement is a project to validate the applicability to logistics sites by using various robots and training and operations platforms," adding, "Together with LX Pantos, we will continue to contribute to improving productivity and operational efficiency at logistics sites."