LG Uplus announced today that it will strengthen its robot business by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bigwave Robotics, the No. 1 robot automation platform operator in South Korea.
The business agreement ceremony, which was held at the LG U+ Yongsan office building, was attended by key executives such as Lim Jang-hyeok, head of LG Uplus' Corporate New Business Group (executive director), and Kim Min-gyo, CEO of Bigwave Robotics.
MyRobot Solution, operated by Bigwave Robotics, is a platform that recommends the optimal robot solution suitable for the customer's situation and environment, and has cooperative relationships with about 400 suppliers.
In this platform, when a customer photographs and uploads a process they wish to automate, the automation database of more than 3,000 cases analyzes success/failure/delay cases by scenario, matches the optimal supplier, and minimizes inefficient cost/communication.
With this business agreement, LG Uplus provides seamless service robots based on LTE/5G communication to all stores and industrial sites, and Bigwave Robotics plays a role in introducing LG Uplus products to new customers through AI analysis of My Robot Solution. do
In addition, the two companies jointly develop related robot solutions through demonstration of new business models, and expand their share in the robot market by collaborating on the overall needs of customers in introducing service robots, such as customer consulting, pilot operation of robots, installation and maintenance. decided to do it
The two companies will exhibit logistics robots at the 2023 Smart Factory Automation Industry Exhibition held at COEX for three days from March 8 to March 10.
This robot can transport from lightweight items to heavy items of 90kg, and it is an autonomous logistics robot that can be flexibly applied to various logistics sites because it does not require a separate magnetic line or barcode.
"We decided to collaborate with Bigwave Robotics, which has provided innovative services in the robot market and secured a wealth of customer data," said Lim Jang-hyeok, head of LG U+'s new business group. We will show our products to customers and expand our market share.”
