Hyundai to unveil wearable device for car manufacturing

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The group plans to reflect on participants’ feedback on the wearable robot before a launch.“We plan on-site tests at domestic production lines as a part of wearable robot developments,” said a group official.“We will decide whether to introduce the robot for manufacturing through the demonstration tests.”The conglomerate conducted separate demonstration tests on a wearable device at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center Singapore (HMGICS).

Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab is set to provide detailed specifications of a vest-type wearable robot with a weight of only 1.9 kilograms under development, which aims to assist tasks above the user, on Thursday at Hyundai Motor Co.'s Ulsan complex in South Korea.

The device is expected to offer assistive power of 2.2-5 kilograms and torque of 3.8-8.6 newton-meters based on the Vest Exoskeleton (VEX), its prototype, which the South Korean group with two automakers – Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp.– unveiled in 2019, industry sources said.

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Category: Economy

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