Daedong Robotics and Ansan-si sign MOU on introducing robots in the agriculture sector
"Transport robots improving agricultural efficiency in Ansan"
Daedong Robotics and Ansan-si sign MOU on introducing robots in the agriculture sector
- Both parties to work together in distributing transport robots to local farmers, with the goal of improving agricultural efficiency and productivity
- MOU will help promote widespread adoption of transport robots with robot demonstrations, focus groups for robots, and new financing programs
- Starting with Ansan-si, Daedong will look to expand its cooperation with local governments to accelerate the distribution of agricultural robots across Korea
Daedong Robotics, a subsidiary of Daedong Group (CEO Yeo Jun-gu) specializing in intelligent robots powered by AI, announced on February 21 that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on introducing agricultural robots with Ansan-si (Mayor Lee Min-geun) the previous day at the Daebu-do Island Energy Farm in Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do.
The signing ceremony was attended by Daedong Robotics CEO Yeo Jun-gu, Ansan-si Mayor Lee Min-geun, as well as Joo Won-sik, Director of the Ansan Branch of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NongHyup), Lee Tae-kyu, President of the Ansan-si 4-H Leader Council, and Kim Tae-sung, President of the Ansan-si Residents' Autonomy Council. Leveraging this new agreement, Daedong Robotics plans to distribute its agricultural transport robot “RT100” to improve agricultural efficiency and productivity across Ansan-si. To that end, Daedong Robotics and Ansan-si will launch various programs, including ▲robot demonstrations for farmers in Ansan-si, ▲support programs for robot purchases, and programs designed to ▲promote government-sponsored projects.
Ansan-si will provide administrative and financial support for introducing robots used in agriculture, while Daedong Robotics will handle robot demonstrations for farmers, distribution of transport robots, and promotion of public projects. In particular, the company plans to create focus groups for agricultural transport robots with farmers in Ansan-si to lay the groundwork for distributing robots and contributing to agricultural innovation across the city.
With its eyes set on the fruit market, Daedong’s transport robot, the RT100[1], comes in two models - a wire-guided model and an autonomous model. Both models focus on minimizing manual input to eliminate the inconvenience of farmers having to continuously operate the machinery they are using while harvesting fruits. Daedong plans to first release the wire-guided transport robot in February, followed by the autonomous transport robot in April.
Meanwhile, Daedong Robotics is looking to supply 10,000 transport robots in total by 2029 by ▲developing work attachment modules for RT100 designed to help According to appointed pest control/harvesting/weeding/spraying, ▲building robot lineups for different types of agriculture such as open fields and greenhouses, ▲strengthening AI agricultural technologies like swarm navigation and autonomous driving, and ▲entering other industrial markets such as factories, construction sites, and logistics warehouses.
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[1] The RT100 uses a wire, making it easy for women and elderly farmers to operate, and makes harvesting and other tasks much easier as it follows the user at a certain distance. In particular, the robot can rotate 360 degrees in place, which makes it effective on narrow farm roads or trails in fruit orchards. Another advantage of the RT100 is that it reduces user work fatigue with a silent, vibration-free, and emission-free electrified system, while enabling users to work indoors. Also, a four-wheel drive system helps navigate rough terrain with ease, and the robot comes with a maximum load capacity of 300kg.