BOOKMARK
  • Korean|
  • Chinese|
  • Japanese|
  • Vietnamese
본문내용 바로가기

Aju Business Daily

SEARCH
  • ECONOMY
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • IT
  • South Korea
  • North Korea
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • AUTO MOTIVE
  • OPINION
  • PEOPLE
  • MILITARY
Home > Industry > article

Woowa Brothers partners with state robot agency to establish guidelines for delivery robots

Park Sae-jin Reporter(swatchsjp@ajunews.com) | Posted : December 1, 2020, 13:04 | Updated : December 1, 2020, 13:21
  • 트위터
  • 페이스북
  • 웨이보

[Courtesy of Woowa Brothers]

SEOUL -- As the frontrunner in South Korea's food delivery market, Woowa Brothers will play an important part in establishing standards and guidelines needed for the commercialization of service and delivery robots, which are not fully compatible with each other.

South Korea's food delivery industry based on deliverymen using motorcycles witnessed a technical renaissance this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic that prompted people to avoid crowded places. Consumers stranded at home sought happiness from delivered foods and home-alone drinking parties.

Food delivery service operators and tech companies are now locked in a race to attract customers with new digital tools and services using robots and drones as well as quick grocery delivery. However, there are no proper guidelines and standards for technical development and commercialization.

Woowa said in a statement on December 1 that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency (KIRIA), a state agency in charge of standardization, to participate in the development of standards and guidelines for service and delivery robots.

Woowa has led the commercialization of delivery robots to provide services in the so-called "non-contact" method which is designed to minimize human-to-human contact. Customers feel secure because they do not have to meet deliverymen face-to-face. However, commercialization has yet to overcome legal and technical obstacles. Robot makers use different communication methods for models capable of traveling between floors.

Woowa and KIRIA will work together to develop standards for interworking technology that allows robots to use different elevators. Woowa will participate in safety tests using Dilly, a lineup of delivery robots designed to carry food and groceries. KIRIA will provide operational data so that Woowa can upgrade services.

KIRIA will evaluate Dilly Drive, a box-shaped six-wheeler version of Woowa's delivery robot being tested inside an office and residential new town district in Suwon south of Seoul. Woowa said that if its robot passes KIRIA's safety evaluation, the commercialization of delivery robots will be accelerated.

"Through this partnership, we will strengthen our robot delivery service technology and contribute to the vitalization of the industry by making positive changes to related policies and regulations," Woowa CEO Kim Beom-jun said.

  • Park Sae-jin Reporter
  • email : swatchsjp@ajunews.com
© Aju Business Daily & www.ajunews.com Copyright: All materials on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the authorization from the Aju News Corporation.
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • weibo
  • link copy
  • LIST
  • TOP

Related news

  • .Convenience store franchise CU starts on-foot grocery delivery service.
    Convenience store franchise CU starts on-foot grocery delive…
  • .​S. Korea demonstrates drone and autonomous robot co-op grocery delivery service.
    ​S. Korea demonstrates drone and autonomous robot co-op groc…
  • .Fatal motorcycle accidents up due to upsurge in food delivery orders .
    Fatal motorcycle accidents up due to upsurge in food deliver…

Real Time Photo News

  • .Kakao units merged into entertainment company targeting global market.

    Kakao units merged into entertainment company targeting global market

  • .BLACKPINK member Rosé to premiere solo song through online concert.

    BLACKPINK member Rosé to premiere solo song through online concert

  • .Singer HyunA to end 14-month hiatus with mini-album Im Not Cool.

    Singer HyunA to end 14-month hiatus with mini-album 'I'm Not Cool'

  • .NCSofts global K-pop fan community platform to service original content including songs.

    NCSoft's global K-pop fan community platform to service original content including songs

  • .Singer IU drops teaser image for upcoming full album.

    Singer IU drops teaser image for upcoming full album

Latest News

more+

  • SK C&C partners with domestic blockchain company to interlink services
  • Researchers use AI to localize technology for face recognition system
  • Hyundai's IONIQ 5 electric vehicle to be released in Europe in late March
  • Researchers imitate structural coloration of bird feathers to develop reflective display
  • Cosmetics maker Aekyung partners with Chinese counterpart Proya cosmetics
Aju Business Daily
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • PRIVACY STATEMENT
  • Copyright Policy

Address : Aju News Corporation LEEMA Building, 11th floor, 42, Jong-ro 1-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul.    Mail : swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Copyright ⓒ 2016 By Ajunews Corporation, All Rights Reserved.

Mobile view