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Governments greasing wheels in robotics
Frank Tobe
21 Oct 2015
The South Korean government funded Samsung $14.8M to develop and manufacture industrial robots; the US FDA just gave approval to Corindus Vascular Robotics for a new medical device; and the US FAA s...
South Korean gov’t robotics budget grows 8.3%, to almost $146 million (US) in 2015
Jong-Oh Park
17 Dec 2014
South Korea has finalized its 2015 robotics budget at around $145.8 million (US), an increase of about 8.3 percent from last year. ...
South Korean private-public partnership to invest $2.6B in robot industry by 2018
Jong-Oh Park
11 Aug 2014
With contributions by JiEun Maeng
On July 25, the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy held the robot industry policy meeting at the Korea Technology Center in Seoul and announced the 2nd...
Governmental funding of strategic robotic projects
Frank Tobe
11 Aug 2014
Many governments have determined that robotics will play a significant role in contributing to their economy and have set up projects to fund bottlenecks to speed up the process....
Robot tourism coming soon to Korea: Masan Robot Land project finally breaks ground
Jong-Oh Park
20 Jan 2014
With permission finally given to occupy lands that include an existing road and stream, the Masan Robot Land Project that went adrift for almost two years was officially launched on December 7, 2013 w...
Eating robots improve quality of life and save resources
Wolfgang Heller
01 Dec 2012
60% of EU citizens are saying that robots should be banned when it comes to the care of children, elderly people and people with disabilities, according to the Special Eurobarometer survey "Public at...
US$ 316M investment in Korean robotics
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
The South Korean government plans to expand the country's robot industry by more than 10 times over the next decade, the Korean Times reports. ...
9th Korea Robot Supporters Competition
RobotsAndi
02 Nov 2012
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 the 9th Korea Robot Supporters Competition was held at Yuhan Technical High School. Students from all over the country took part in the preliminary competitions held at t...
2011 was a good year for Korean robotics
Frank Tobe
25 Jul 2012
... According to Chosun Media, Korea produced $1.87 billion of industrial robots in 2011 and exported $453 million. The remainder was for domestic use.
... Year-over-year production was up 20% and ex...
South Korea moving ahead with R-Learning program
Frank Tobe
30 Mar 2011
... Sang-Rok Oh, KIST professor and adviser to the South Korean government for r-learning, spoke at InnoRobo, the Innovation Robotics Summit in Lyon, France and clarified the full extent of the r-lear...
