Robros
Korean developer of AI-driven bipedal humanoid robots for factory and logistics work.
- Korea clears Robros to put 20 walking humanoids beside workers at chip, auto, shipyard and logistics sites
Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a press release on Oct 13 that its regulatory sandbox committee approved a trial in which Robros deploys 20 humanoid robots at sites run by Nepes, Sungwoo Hitech, HD Hyundai Samho and Delivery Lab, lifting a fencing rule written for fixed industrial robots. The same meeting allowed Maum AI to run a four-legged patrol robot on public riverside walkways for the first time.
Subject - SafeWorld leaves stealth with $12.2 million from Shine Capital and a16z speedrun to stress-test robots around people in simulation
SafeWorld said in a press release on Oct 5 that it emerged from stealth with a $12.2 million seed round co-led by Shine Capital and a16z speedrun, joined by Box Group, the Carnegie Mellon University Endowment, Innovation Endeavors and SV Angel. Co-founded by Carnegie Mellon safe-AI professor Ding Zhao, it sells software that runs robots through thousands of simulated encounters with reactive human motion before and after deployment.
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