South Korea is one of the leading countries in the use of industrial robots worldwide, with the International Federation of Robotics listing it as having the world's second most automated manufacturing industry in 2019.[1] The country's robot industry has grown from ₩6.29 trillion in 2016 to ₩9.18 trillion in 2020.[2]
The South Korean government plans to nearly quadruple the country's robot market to 20 trillion won from 2021 to help ease labor shortages in South Korea, which has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.[3]
See main article: HUBO. HUBO (Korean: 휴보) was developed by HUBO Laboratory, a humanoid robot laboratory at KAIST.[4]
See main article: CRX10. CRX10 (Korean: 시알엑스텐) is an autonomous mobile robot platform for education, training, and research. It was developed by CNRobot and released in May 2011.[5]
See main article: EveR. EveR (Korean: 에버) is a female android series developed by a team of Korean scientists from the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology at the Korea University of Science and Technology. It was unveiled to the public in 2003.[6]
