Daedong Robotics and GS E&C trial the RT100 transport robot on an apartment building site

Daedong Robotics said on 12 November that it has completed a proof-of-concept trial of its RT100 autonomous transport robot on a construction site with GS E&C. The trial is the first step of a joint research agreement on construction automation that the two companies signed in June.

From 7 to 30 October, Daedong Robotics used the production model RT100 TS at a large apartment construction site in the western part of the Seoul metropolitan area. The four-wheel-drive robot, developed to carry heavy loads in orchards and fields, carried materials for masonry, plastering, fittings and finishing work over slopes and uneven ground.

According to the company, the robot drove steadily on irregular surfaces and reduced the strain of repeated carrying, and workers could use its person-following mode and wireless remote control without special training. The two companies plan further tests that compare working time and the number of workers before and after the robot is used.

Daedong Robotics is also developing autonomous driving for places such as basements where satellite positioning is hard to receive, automatic loading and unloading, and robots that carry a tonne or more. It plans to offer the robots as a service covering rental, deployment, operation and maintenance.