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POSCO ICT reinforces Industrial Robot Engineering business

2022.12.22

POSCO ICT is in full swing in industrial robot engineering business.

To this end, POSCO ICT signed an agreement with Daim Research, a robot control company, to jointly develop ACS (AGV Control System, unmanned transportation robot control system). ACS is a system that controls AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle), an unmanned transportation robot operated at a manufacturing site, and AMR (Autonomous Mobile Robot). It allocates tasks to robots through real-time communication between the existing upper system and robots in the field, and provides functions to support optimal robot operation by comprehensively controlling traffic in the workplace.

POSCO ICT is promoting overall robot automation engineering such as consulting, design, system construction, and operation to apply robots to high-risk & high-intensity industrial sites. In the case of industrial robots, POSCO ICT plays this role in finding and consulting which robots are the best solution for field application and supporting integrated operation in connection with existing systems. Daim Research, which is promoting cooperation with POSCO ICT, is developing a next-generation logistics robot control solution that combines AI and digital twin technologies established by KAIST Professor Jang Young-jae in 2020. POSCO Capital decided to invest through CVC (Corporate-led Venture Capital) Fund in November.

Through this agreement, the two companies plan to jointly develop ACS that optimizes the operation of a number of unmanned transportation robots. Based on the 'large cluster control' core engine applied with AI, the ACS solution will be completed by jointly developing data/communication interfaces and industrial site-specific services. Based on the developed solution, POSCO ICT will proceed with the full system configuration, simulator test, and on-site verification before proceeding with the application of the manufacturing site in earnest. 

POSCO ICT plans to gradually expand its robot application by strengthening workplace safety as well as improving robot operation efficiency by securing ACS. In addition, it plans to use it to streamline the operation of large-scale logistics warehouses, where the application of unmanned transportation robots is increasing to improve logistics throughput. It also plans to strengthen ACS technology and business cooperation networks with robot manufacturers and actively promote business ecosystem expansion.

"With this joint development and investment agreement, we will secure ACS, a key technology for maximizing the operation efficiency and optimizing production of unmanned transportation robots, and seek continuous cooperation with promising technology holders through cooperation with POSCO Capital," said Shim Min-seok, head of Pohang EIC Business Office.

Meanwhile, POSCO ICT has established a 'robot business promotion team' to promote robot total engineering projects for high-risk and high-intensity workplaces. In addition, POSCO Group's "Robot Technology Council" is launched to jointly develop key technologies by discovering workplaces of group companies that require robot application, and to expand them within the group after applying steel mills first.
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