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| Kwon Soon-hwang, left, head of LG Electronics’ Business Solutions division, and Hyundai Elevator CEO Song Seung-bong, pose after signing a memorandum of understanding at LG Science Park in Seoul, Friday. Courtesy of LG Electronics |
By Baek Byung-yeul
LG Electronics and Hyundai Elevator jointly said Friday that they have agreed to join forces in the robotics and smart building businesses to cope with the increased demands for robots in industry and daily life.
Under the agreement, the two companies will seek business opportunities in robots, digital signage, smart buildings and the smart home sectors.
“The two will gradually explore joint business opportunities in logistics robotics, building premium elevators using LG’s digital signage and promoting advanced services for smart homes and buildings,” they said.
In the robotics business, LG Electronics and Hyundai Elevator will establish upgraded robot delivery services, whereby self-driving robots take elevators and move logistics by themselves and through communicating with each other.
LG and Hyundai expect the service can be widely used in apartment buildings, office buildings and hospitals. They also plan to apply LG’s advanced OLED displays in Hyundai’s elevators in order to maximize user convenience and enhance premium images.
“Combining Hyundai Elevator’s publicly available, application programming interface and contactless, service technologies, with LG Electronics’ self-driving robots and signage technologies, the convergence of smart building solutions will create synergy in various areas, such as apartments, hotels and buildings,” Hyundai Elevator CEO Song Seung-bong said during the signing ceremony at LG Science Park in Seoul.
Kwon Soon-hwang, head of LG Electronics’ Business Solutions division, said, “We will find valuable services in various spaces as well as provide differentiated experiences to customers through collaboration in business areas such as robots, signage, home and building solutions.”
LG Electronics, Hyundai Elevator to collaborate on robots, smart buildings
Source: Buhay Kapa PH
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