[Edaily Reporter Shin Yeong-bin ] “We aim to become a company capable of operating humanoid robots in actual mass production settings with a 99.8% success rate.”

Lee Seong-ho, CEO of #CMES Robotics, revealed his vision to expand the physical artificial intelligence (AI) technology accumulated through industrial robots to humanoids at the “13th E-Daily Global AI Forum (GAIF 2026)” held on the 12th at the JW Marriott Dongdaemun in Seoul.

CMES Robotics received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Daesang in the AI Application category at the “AI Korea Awards” ceremony that day. CMES Robotics is a company that combines 3D vision, AI, and precision robot control technologies to achieve automation in logistics and manufacturing sites.

CEO Lee described CMES Robotics as “a company that endows robots with intelligence.” Its core business is enabling existing industrial robots to recognize their surroundings, make independent judgments, and perform precise tasks.

“From the very beginning, we said we would create technology that didn’t exist in the world,” he said. “Our company’s philosophy is to apply all our technologies to real-world settings, rather than keeping them confined to the laboratory.”

He also emphasized that in actual industrial settings, it is difficult to achieve stable automation relying solely on high-performance AI. This is because even if an AI model demonstrates a success rate of over 99%, a small error on a production line where repetitive tasks are performed can lead to major problems.

CMES Robotics utilizes AI for tasks requiring flexible judgment, similar to that of humans, while applying rule-based algorithms to areas where precision and stability are critical. This approach improves the robots’ operational capabilities by training them on data collected from the field.

A prime example of this application is logistics automation. At client sites handling millions of stock-keeping units (SKUs), robots recognize products of various shapes in three dimensions and perform tasks such as picking and packing them one by one.

AI is also being applied to tasks such as stacking and unloading goods onto pallets. The company plans to commercialize the so-called “Tetris” technology—which involves arranging objects of varying sizes and shapes to fit the available space—as a logistics solution and begin full-scale sales early next year.

The company has also secured use cases in the manufacturing sector. At shipbuilding sites, it is applying technology that recognizes large ship structures—measuring approximately 15 meters—in three dimensions, identifies weld lines, and automates the welding process. Related technology is also being utilized in automotive production processes.

Based on this experience, CEO Lee outlined plans to enter the humanoid robot market. While the company has so far focused on endowing 6-axis industrial robots—which resemble human arms—with intelligence, the vision moving forward is to apply the operational data accumulated in real-world settings to humanoid robots.

In particular, he highlighted the company’s strength in AI and software technologies that are not tied to any specific robot manufacturer. The company believes that, since its intelligence can be applied to a variety of robot bodies, it can secure a competitive edge in the humanoid robot market as well.

CEO Lee stated, “We will become the company that secures real-world data faster than anyone else,” adding, “We will operate humanoids in actual mass-production settings with a 99.8% success rate, not only in the domestic market but also in the global market.”