engineering

South Korean robotics

South Korean robotics is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand South Korean robotics rather than just read about it. In short: 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. The country's robot industry has grown from ₩6.29 trillion in 2016 to ₩9.18 trillion in 2020.

Key takeaways

South Korean robotics belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect South Korean robotics to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of South Korean robotics from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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. The country's robot industry has grown from ₩6.29 trillion in 2016 to ₩9.18 trillion in 2020. 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.

List of robots

HUBO

HUBO (Korean: 휴보) was developed by HUBO Laboratory, a humanoid robot laboratory at KAIST.

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.

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.

Others Genibo (Korean: 제니보) MAHRU & AHRA (Korean: 마루/아라) Musa (Korean: 무사) Raptor (Korean: 랩터) SEROPI (Korean: 세로피)

South Korean robotics companies

General robotics LG Electronics Samsung Electronics

Industrial robotics HD Hyundai Robotics Hyundai WIA Doosan Robotics Hanwha Robotics Higen Motor

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with South Korean robotics

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what South Korean robotics claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to South Korean robotics before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about South Korean robotics ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of South Korean robotics

In research: South Korean robotics appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses South Korean robotics in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: South Korean robotics is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Robotics in South Korea, Science and technology in South Korea, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for South Korean robotics outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study South Korean robotics in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what South Korean robotics means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain South Korean robotics out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is South Korean robotics in simple terms?

Why does South Korean robotics matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study South Korean robotics?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on South Korean robotics.