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  Autonomous serving robots draw positive feedback from restaurants SEOUL -- Serving robots that deliver food to the table of customers at restaurants are changing South Korea's dining culture, drawing a positive response from customers and cost-conscious store operators at a time when a COVID-19 pandemic created a new social trend of non-contact or non-face-to-face. Dilly Plate, developed by Woowa Brothers which operates the country's top food delivery service app Baedal Minjok, is a serving robot that can carry 2020-10-28
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  Robot tech institute opens demonstration center for agricultural robot technologies SEOUL -- South Korea's state research institute has opened a demonstration center for smart robots that would assist farmers at paddocks and crop fields. Automation is gaining popularity among farmers as robots and facilities improve work efficiency and the quality of crops. In South Korea, 33.5 percent of farmers are aged over 70. Researchers have developed various automation technologies such as unmanned drones, autonomous tractors and ot 2020-10-27
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  China's Huawei hopes to expand position in S. Korean AI market SEOUL -- Undeterred by U.S. sanctions, China's leading technology company Huawei hopes to expand its position in South Korea, targeting companies that want data center servers and storage utilizing artificial intelligence technologies. Huawei Korea displayed AI-based solutions and products at a trade fair in Seoul and introduced its smart store and healthcare service scenarios to visitors. "This booth is a place to introduce hardware and others tha 2020-10-27
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  Fried chicken franchise KFC partners with Hyundai Robotics to develop robot chefs This picture released by Hyundai Robotics shows a collaborative robot. SEOUL -- Global fried chicken franchise KFC partnered with Hyundai Robotics, a major industrial robot maker affiliated with South Korea's top shipbuilding group, to co-develop collaborative robots that will help human workers prepare menus more safely and quickly. Thanks to rapid progress in technology development, robots occupy more and more places across the industry. KFC is no 2020-10-23
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  ERP expert sets eye on Asian countries as long-term growth strategy SEOUL -- As a COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the introduction of non-face-to-face work in companies, Younglimwon Soft Lab CEO Kwon Young-bum has high expectations on the wider use of an enterprise resource planning system using cloud and mobile technology that would enable the full integration of business operation activity and an information system of company-wide sharing in real-time. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems run on a variety of 2020-10-23
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  Smart devices developed for S. Korean female divers to prevent safety accidents, SEOUL -- Female divers, known as haenyeo in Korean, scour the seafloor to harvest a variety of mollusks, seaweed and other sea life from the ocean. Their tool consists of a wetsuit, a diving mask, fins, gloves, chest weights, a weeding hoe and a net attached to a buoy called "taewak" which is an integral part of diving equipment. Female divers living on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju were listed as UNESCO's intangible cultural her 2020-10-23
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  Busan port operator to nurture startups for development of port technology SEOUL -- The operator of South Korea's largest port in the southern city of Busan was selected to lead a state project aimed at developing new port technologies including cargo crane accident prevention systems and the localization of autonomous cargo loader parts. The project is an important process to establish a smart port system in South Korea's maritime hub. Busan with an annual cargo volume of more than 21 million twenty-foot equivalent 2020-10-22
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  LG's first rollable TV on sale for S. Korean consumers SEOUL -- LG Electronics released the world's first rollable TV with a 65-inch organic light-emitting diode display targeting premium consumers in South Korea, about 21 months after the prototype was unveiled at an electronics show in the United States in January 2019. LG said in an online showcase event on October 20 that "LG SIGNATURE OLED R" was released in the South Korean market. The rollable TV carrying a price tag of 100 million won ($ 2020-10-20
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  SK Telecom's virtual space enables avatar conference and performance SEOUL -- SK Telecom unveiled a virtual stadium that allows users to create avatars and connect up to 100 people to virtual space simultaneously for conferences, performances and exhibitions. Anyone can host a three-dimensional non-face-to-face meeting. The free service can be used with smartphones and personal computers without any virtual reality devices. To provide a sense of realism, SK Telecom (SKT) said that the "Virtual Meetup" service can i 2020-10-20
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  Uber agrees to form joint venture with SK Telecom for e-hailing and flying car businesses SEOUL -- Uber Technologies, the world’s largest mobility platform company, agreed to form a joint venture with a specialized mobility business company that will be spun off from SK Telecom, a top mobile carrier in South Korea, to launch an innovative e-hailing business and explore future mobility services such as flying cars. SK Telecom (SKT) said in a statement that its board has approved the creation of a new entity provisionally named "T Map Mob 2020-10-16
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  3D-printed replica of national treasure rock to be displayed at museum SEOUL -- The 3D-printed replica of a riverside rock face engraved with animal and human figures dating from 6,000 to 1,000 BC will be displayed at a museum. The rock is a national treasure for showing the most ancient evidence of whaling and is considered highly important for understanding prehistoric maritime culture in the northern Pacific area. The replica, which is eight meters wide (26.2 feet) and four meters tall, will be displayed at uséum d 2020-10-15
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  Hanwha Techwin partners with U.S. company Cognex to develop automatic check-out system SEOUL -- Hanwha Techwin, a surveillance and optoelectronics company in South Korea, partnered with Cognex, an American manufacturer of machine vision systems, software and sensors, to develop an automatic check-out system that improves the inconvenience of self-checkout counters which are gaining ground in retail businesses. Self-checkout machines allow customers to process their own purchases by scanning barcodes and paying. Self-checkout machines redu 2020-10-15
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  Samsung releases new SD memory card lineups for content creators and photographers SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics has released two new SD memory cards, also known as secure digital storage chips, targeting content creators such as one-man media, videographers and photographers who have a high demand for SD cards with fast data transfer speed and reliable durability. The South Korean tech giant revealed PRO Plus and EVO Plus lineups of high-performance SD cards on October 14. The PRO lineup enables content creators to flawlessly recor 2020-10-14
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  Seoul district to use GPS tracker-equipped insoles to help people with developmental disorders SEOUL -- A southern Seoul district office will provide smart insoles equipped with GPS trackers to help people with developmental disorders so that the disabled can engage in outdoor activities without the fear of getting lost. Developmental disability is a group of psychiatric conditions including disorders in language, behavior and learning that originates in childhood. Such disability including autism spectrum disorders involves serious impai 2020-10-13
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  ​S. Korea demonstrates drone and autonomous robot co-op grocery delivery service SEOUL -- The South Korean government has partnered with a state research institute to demonstrate the cooperative operation of a delivery drone and autonomous robot that delivers groceries to customers living on a small island across a narrow strait. Delivery drones and autonomous robots are widely researched by government organizations and private companies for their versatility and convenience. Drones were tested to deliver medication for people living on small i 2020-10-13
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  Naver partners with car parts and software platform companies to develop in-vehicle infotainment system SEOUL -- Naver joined hands with Continental Automotive Korea, the South Korean branch of German car parts maker Continental AG, and Drimaes, a connected car software platform company in South Korea, to develop a new in-vehicle infotainment system that will provide differentiated services such as making restaurant reservations and remote digital payments. Infotainment systems are the heart of connected cars that provide various features such as navigation, self-di 2020-10-12
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  McDonald's store near Seoul uses Samsung's digital signage for menu boards SEOUL -- Paper menu boards disappeared at a McDonald's store in a western satellite city of Seoul. Samsung Electronics has provided its smart signage that uses digital technology to deliver images and information. Customers can check food menus, advertisements, and discount events. Samsung said the drive-thru lane of a McDonald's outlet in Goyang was installed with the smart outdoor signage that allows customers to check menus and order in 2020-10-12
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  LG Upus works with Mando to commercialize outdoor self-driving patrol robots SEOUL -- Mando, an auto parts maker affiliated with South Korea's Halla Group, joined hands with LG Upus (LGU+), a mobile carrier, for the commercialization of outdoor self-driving patrol robots based on cloud with 5G and mobile edge computing technology. They would link robots with 5G MEC infrastructure and establish an ultra-low delay video control solution and cloud-based robot computing. 5G-based MEC is designed to be implemented at cellular base station 2020-10-08
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  Researchers find molds capable of decomposing bioplastic components SEOUL -- Bioplastics can be made from agricultural by-products and also from used plastic bottles and other containers using microorganisms. Not all bioplastics are biodegradable nor biodegrade more readily than commodity fossil-fuel derived plastics. South Korean researchers found some strains of molds promoted the decomposition of bioplastics. The discovery of molds capable of decomposing bioplastic components was the result of a joint study by research teams fro 2020-10-06
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  Seoul district office to demonstrate AI-based care robots for abandoned pets Dogs play with an artificial intelligence-based robot at a dog shelter. SEOUL -- A southeastern district office in Seoul will demonstrate an artificial intelligence-based care robot at a local animal shelter to provide proper care for abandoned pets. The care robot, also known as carebot, collects health data, provides snacks and plays for exercise. According to official data, there are about one million pets living in Seoul. In 2018, about 8, 2020-09-29