Kwangwoon University and VDCOMPANY Signs MOU for the Development of Robotics Industry and Cultivation of Human Resources

- Establishing Industry-Academia Collaboration System and Exchanging Knowledge and Technology to foster Robotics Industry -

- Utilization of Donated Serving Robots for Research and Promotion -

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(From left) Ham Pan-Sik (CEO of VDCOMPANY), Kim JongHeon (President of Kwangwoon University)

Kwangwoon University signed a MOU agreement with VDCOMPANY (CEO Ham Pan-Sik), to promote the robotics industry and cultivate human resources. The event was attended by President Kim Jongheon and CEO Ham Pan-sik (VD Company), signing the MOU and demonstrating the donated robot.

The robots donated by VDCOMPANY are the representative serving robot, 'Puduot,' premium serving robot, 'Bellabot,' small store serving robot and guide robot, 'Ketibot.' Pudubot and Bellabot will be used for research by faculty members of the robotics department, while Ketibot will be used for promotion of Kwangwoon University. In particular, Ketibot will be used to introduce the university and make announcements on campus after program improvement and development  with the Robotics Department and the Robotics Game Team (RO:BIT) and the Software Club (Baram).

President JongHeon Kim said, "There have been constraints in terms of technology and cost in robot research and on campus services using robots. However, we expect that VDCOMPANY's donation and collaboration will greatly help research and education in the robotics industry at Kwangwoon University."

CEO Ham Pan-Sik said, "Through the exchange of VDCOMPANY's accumulated experience and Kwangwoon University's excellent human resources, we expect to create great synergy for the development of the domestic service robot industry. We will support to create an environment for industry-academia-type talent growth and work to revitalize the service robot industry."

Meanwhile, VDCOMPANY, has maintained its position as the number one supplier of domestic serving robots to date, and is positioning itself as a leading company in digital transformation centered around AI and robotics since its establishment in 2019. Kwangwoon University, through this agreement, will support research activities for autonomous driving robots and research necessary for the installation, control, and commercialization of robots. 

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Demonstration of ‘Kelibot’, one of the donated robots to be operated at Kwangwoon University Central Library