[Edaily Reporter Shin Ha-yeon ] Hyupjin(138360)is set to establish South Korea’s first mass production system for quadruped robots. The company plans to accelerate the popularization of robots by forming a strategic partnership with GENISOM ROBOTICS, the world’s largest manufacturer of quadruped robots based in China, and establishing a domestic production base.

NRobotics announced on the 2nd that it has signed a strategic partnership with GENISOM ROBOTICS to share component supply chains and production technology, and is moving forward with plans to establish a domestic manufacturing plant.

The company plans to first establish a production line by leveraging the manufacturing infrastructure in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, optimize the production process through pilot production, and then establish a separate large-scale mass production plant to meet expanding demand.

Jenysom Robotics is a company with an annual production capacity of 10,000 quadruped robots. NRobotics’ strategy is to secure initial production stability by leveraging Jenysom Robotics’ component supply chain and hardware manufacturing expertise.

The two companies will collaborate by jointly utilizing hardware and production technology while developing core technologies in-house. Hardware components will be sourced through a global supply chain to reduce costs, while the robots’ core circuit design and control/operating system (OS) software will incorporate NRobotics’ proprietary technology.

Production is scheduled to begin with quadruped walking robots and expand to humanoid robots in the future. The company plans to secure prices competitive with existing Chinese imports through reduced manufacturing costs and a mass production system, targeting domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)—for whom the cost of adopting robots is a significant burden—as its primary customer base.

Meanwhile, NRobotics recently merged with its wholly-owned subsidiary, NRobotics (formerly Naicom), integrating robot hardware manufacturing with autonomous driving and AI software technologies. The company is also expanding its industrial robotics business, including the development of automated spray-coating robots through its participation in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Materials and Components Technology Development Project.

A company official stated, “This project will serve as a starting point for establishing our own mass production system within the domestic robotics industry,” adding, “Based on our proprietary software technology and proven manufacturing infrastructure, we will expand the adoption of robots in domestic industrial settings and secure competitiveness in the global market as well.”