Robots in South Korea
2007/10/15 19:04CNN has posted the first set of Eye on Korea videos and it includes a report profling the future for robotics in Korea. The RobotWorld 2007 Conference starts later this week in Seoul at the COEX Convention Center.
The New York Times profiled the government backed research and development back in April 2006.
If all goes according to plan, robots will be in every South Korean household between 2015 and 2020. That is the prediction, at least, of the Ministry of Information and Communication, which has grouped more than 30 companies, as well as 1,000 scientists from universities and research institutes, under its wing. Some want to move even faster.
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Kim Mun Sang, director of the Center for Intelligent Robotics, which groups about 500 scientists in a project by government and industry, said networked robots needed a "killer app" before they could become fully integrated into the wired society. He said the conditions were not ripe yet and would not be for another "5 to 10 years."
The report is part of a series for CNN Today on the latest trends in Korean technology:
South Korea on the cutting edge: Interview with Danny Kim from TechnoKimchi!
Real science-fiction in Seoul: Interview with Tomi Ahonenon on his new book Digital Korea.
This most ambitious survey of the current state of digital convergence, ubiquitous computing and the information society that is South Korea, is a masterpiece by Tomi and Jim. They call the book simply Digital Korea, but its subtitle is long as the stories in the book are so wide-reaching: Convergences of broadband internet, 3G cellphones, multiplayer gaming, digital TV, virtual reality, electronic cash, telematics, robotics, e-government and the intelligent home.
Tomorrow's technology is today: A look into the Ubiquitous model home.
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