Cowintech said on Tuesday it has signed a supply contract with a South Korean semiconductor company to provide robots and automation systems for wafer test processes. The supply will go to domestic semiconductor fabs, but the company did not disclose the counterparty or contract size, citing business confidentiality. Cowintech said it has supplied wafer and MLCC transfer equipment to major domestic semiconductor lines and applied cleanroom-focused design and particle-minimising structures to its process systems.

Cowintech, a smart-factory logistics automation company, said on Wednesday it has developed a new direction-change mechanism for autonomous mobile robots that minimises friction during in-place spin turns. It redesigned the existing DD-type wheel drive and turning method by lifting the wheels off the floor during turning sections. The company said this improves driving stability and reliability in repeated operations. Cowintech also cited robot orders of about 30 billion won last year, with 75.3 percent for North America.