[Edaily Reporter Kim Hyun-ah] LG CNS (#LGCNES) and #LX Pantos are embarking on the development of next-generation smart logistics utilizing humanoid robots. The goal is to implement a logistics automation system that minimizes human intervention to enhance productivity and operational efficiency.

LG CNS announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with LX Pantos to build a robot-based smart logistics system.

This collaboration is expected to serve as a case study that goes beyond simple logistics automation to verify the potential for humanoid robots in industrial settings. As physical AI demonstrations, which were previously centered on manufacturing, expand into the logistics sector, competition in the related market is expected to intensify.

The two companies plan to build a logistics automation system integrating humanoid robots and shuttle robots at LX Pantos’ MegaWise Cheongna Logistics Center. Through this, they will validate a plan to automate the entire logistics process, from receiving to sorting and shipping.

In this project, shuttle robots will retrieve items scheduled for shipment from warehouse shelves and transport them, while humanoid robots will receive these items and load them onto automated sorting equipment or other robots. The sorted items will then be automatically shipped to their respective destinations.

LG CNS plans to train the robots using logistics field data owned by LX Pantos. The training will utilize its proprietary robot training platform, “PhysicalWorks Forge,” while “PhysicalWorks Baton” will be applied for robot operation and integrated control.

The hardware will consist of wheeled humanoid robots from Dexmate, a U.S. robotics company in which LG CNS invested last March, and LG CNS’s proprietary logistics robot, the “Mobile Shuttle.”

The Mobile Shuttle can move at a speed of 1.5 meters per second within warehouse shelves and can load and transport goods weighing up to 1,500 kg.

The two companies also plan to establish the “TDL Lab (Tech Driven Logistics Lab),” a demonstration space for showcasing logistics automation processes, in the second half of this year. In the future, they will also pursue the commercialization of logistics robots for external clients.

Park Sang-kyun, Executive Vice President and Head of the Communications, Distribution, and Services Business Division at LG CNS, stated, “This agreement is a pilot project to apply various robots and learning and operation platforms to actual logistics sites,” adding, “Together with LX Pantos, we will contribute to improving productivity and operational efficiency in logistics sites.”