LG Electronics accelerates expansion of its logistics robotics division

South Korea’s LG Electronics, the world’s leading home appliance maker, is accelerating the expansion of its robotics applications in the so-called “smart logistics” sector with the CLOi Carry Bot autonomous robot. The tech giant announced in mid-October that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with local AI logistics specialist Fassto Corp. for the development and manufacturing of logistics robots. LG’s vice president Jang Ik-hwan said the collaboration aims to provide various robot services for the next generation in the logistics robot market. Logistics robots generally fall under the KCs certification, which they are required to have in order to be imported and operated in Korea.

To this end, LG and Fassto will work on linking autonomous robots and logistics systems in the future. In addition, the processes in the respective logistics centers are to be optimized and the use of robots expanded. LG will contribute the corresponding robots to Fassto’s logistics centers and overseas distribution centers. LG’s self-driving CLOi Carry Bot can pick up loads, plan its own routes and take the payload to the desired location within the warehouse. LG said the robot can assist human workers with risky, simple or often repetitive tasks. In addition to the project with Fassto, LG plans to attract other customers for the CLOi Carry Bot. To that end, back in June, LG entered into an agreement with South Korea’s leading logistics company, CJ Logistics Corp. to jointly develop robots for sorting parcels. LG plans to deliver the CLOi Carry Bot to CJ Logistics and deploy it at its central distribution center.

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