Clobot leads a 5.56 billion won project for humanoids that lift car parts together

South Korean robot software company Clobot said on 10 November that it has been chosen to lead a government project to develop fleet control that lets several humanoid robots work together, under a robot industry programme run by the industry ministry and KEIT.

The project runs from July 2026 to March 2031 with 5.56 billion won in research funding, of which 4.5 billion won comes from the government. Konkuk University and the Korea Automotive Technology Institute are research partners, and KG Mobility is the user.

The humanoids are to unpack incoming parts and move them on, such as door panels of about 20 kg or 2.2-metre roof linings, by sharing the load between two or more robots. Targets include a 95 percent success rate on two kinds of parts and at least 30 kg carried by two robots together, with trials at KG Mobility's Pyeongtaek plant in the fourth and fifth years.

Clobot says it holds 13 patents on multi-robot fleet control and has run its CROMS fleet software and Chameleon autonomous driving software in chip plants, logistics centres, power plants and at Incheon International Airport.