Humanoid robot company ARobot said on Monday it was finally selected for the fifth cohort of the Defence Acquisition Program Administration-led programme to foster defence innovation firms. The programme supports small and venture companies with growth potential in defence. ARobot said it can receive dedicated funding of up to 5 billion won for technology development and commercialisation, along with links to military pilot operations, incentives in defence bidding, consulting and export support.

DeepX and Doosan Robotics said on Monday they will jointly develop an intelligent welding robot solution to be used in manufacturing nuclear power plant equipment. The project combines vision AI and collaborative robots to recognise welding targets and paths, correct them and analyse vision and thermal imaging data gathered during welding to judge weld conditions and abnormalities. A four-party consortium including Sage and Changwon National University will integrate the technologies and conduct step-by-step verification at Doosan Enerbility sites.