Doosan Robotics said on Oct. 6 that it had been selected for two South Korean government-funded Physical AI R&D projects. The combined budgets are about KRW 98.9 billion, including KRW 68.1 billion in government funding; the projects focus on on-device AI for collaborative robots and intelligent welding for complex manufacturing.
For the on-device AI project, the company plans three collaborative robot models with payload ratings of 5, 10 and 20 kilograms, plus a mobile industrial humanoid with dual-arm manipulation. It says the systems will undergo 72-hour continuous-operation demonstrations at two or more customer sites; standard-product commercialization is targeted from 2031.
The welding project targets more than 95% similarity between robot-generated paths and those of skilled welders, with path error within ±3 millimeters, according to the company. It also aims to cut processing time by more than half for multi-pass welds of five or more layers; demonstration testing is planned at Doosan Enerbility’s Nuclear Power Center.