It is exactly a year since LG first tested out its Airport Robots at Incheon International Airport (IIA), and the positive feedback only proves that the experiment will be a sustainable success.
Then early this month, the company announced its investment in US-based Bossa Nova Robotics, marking the first overseas investment in a robotics partner by LG following a number of deals with Korean startups over the past year. In total, LG has committed over USD 90 million to robotics startups in the first 12 months of its investment initiative.
Robotics is one area of technological innovation where the science seems to lag far behind the imagination in otherwise future-oriented science fiction that many of us encounter in movies and TV shows.
Earlier this year, LG gave attendees of Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 the rare opportunity to imagine a world in which “work robots” increased efficiency in the service industry.
The three concept robots that were envisioned by LG – the Serving Robot, the Porter Robot and the Shopping Cart Robot – promised to bring an entirely new dimension to the role of robots in a post-industrial economy.
In one way, robot technology is as old as the automated machinery that rendered many workers jobless in the tail end of the industrial revolution.
Moses Marji, LG Electronics General Manager Marketing says: “The 21stCentury has seen an exponential advancement in innovation in robotics, with newer inventions finding practical uses in various sectors of the economy and home use. Little wonder that robots today are connected to the cloud and can be controlled by mobile devices from the convenience of one’s couch or bed.”
Today’s robots are also able to accomplish functionalities that were once thought impossible, such as seeing (object identification camera technology), hearing (voice recognition and voice control) and reacting (motion sensors) to the environment.
Robots will have a massive impact on life in the decades to come, and some consumers already prefer interacting with machines. The explosion of accessibility will result in a wide range of different models for almost every conceivable purpose. No matter how they are implemented, robots and automated systems will be a vital part of the city of the future.
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