Boost seen for robots' popularity at "Robot World 2006" in Seoul, Oct. 2006 By providing participating teams at the FIRA RoboWorld Cup with robots to promote the RoboWorld Cup, Yujin Robot (www.yujinrobot.com) is globally showcasing Korea's robot industry, taking the lead compared with Japan in terms of the industrialization of Intelligent Robots. In the meantime, Yujin Robot has drawn attention from its competitors and associated business circles by developing Home Robot 'irobi' in Feb. 2004, Cleaning Robot iClebo in Jan. 2005 and so forth. Network-based service model Above all, Yujin Robot is a company that specializes in Intelligent Robot's production as well as sales. Yujin Robot's Intelligent Robot, which is a networkbased service model, includes cleaning robot for household, field robot-Robhaz, and entertainment robot like toy robot, according to Shin. The robot industry veteran explained that Yujin Robot's Intelligence Robot, is to provide families in households with various information and content such as weather, news schedule, atmospheric phenomena time and studying time, playing a role as an information medium for itself. The difference between robots and the Internet is that robots have mutual understanding with interactive communication in an appropriate point of time people need, Shin noted. Namely, he elaborated, "As robot offers by recognizing parts people need, people can monitor the inside of a house in a remote way by making robots move with their cellular phones." Yujin Robot is scheduled to launch such robot, which has an edge on home network, from Oct. this year. As to Cleaning Robot iClebo with which Yujin Robot sold 17,000 robots to date from Jan. last year, it bears the stamp of two steps of cleaning process, collision avoidance navigation with seven infrared sensors as well as silicon rubber bumper material and low level noise. This Cleaning Robot that Yujin Robot concentrates the company's efforts on selling it, cleans the majority though it doesn't clean to the four corners of the inside of a house, Shin boasts. Further, Shin went on to say, "By robotizing established white household appliances, for instance robot for household such as dishwashing robot and refrigerator robot can make their appearance", adding that Yujin Robot has such refrigerator robot project etc. under way which can deliver cola to a relaxing person in summer by becoming a refrigerator for itself. Excellent performance in comparison with price As for Field Robot-Robhaz, Robhaz- DT3 is the highly efficient mobile robot with capacity of high-speed in rough ground. It is possible to accomplish its allotted mission by remote control. Robhaz, whose main business item is to scout in a hazard area instead of a person or to rescue a person whose life is in danger, has function such as passive double track mechanism, moving of highspeed in a uneven terrain, climb up stairs, wireless communcation of image & data, option device: disrupter, arm etc., portable remote controlled station. To compete in the entertainment robot field which is being most commercialized around the world, Yujin Robot is marketing its Entertainment Robot Transbot etc. Wireless camera & LCD PC monitor, interface via RS232, user program (motion create, edit, motion simulation), attachable weapons (rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher) and so on, are useful option packs regarding Yujin Entertainment Robot Transbot, according to Shin. Yujin Robot aims to accomplish its revenue of $41 million this year including $2.5 million from industrial robot system, $20 million from Cleaning robot, $4 million from network home robot, and $2 million from entertainment robot. In comparison with their price, Yujin Robot products including cleaning robot iclebo, entertainment robot get assessment that their performance is excellent and particularly in manufacturing robot for studying or cleaning robot, commercialization is being done more effectively in Korea than in Japan, Shin pointed out. As part of plans to promote robot culture among the people, president Shin who serves as chairman of the Board of Korea Association of Robotics (KAR) too, with the objective of an industrial growth and a development of Robot and Robotrelated industries by solving technical problems through sharing information lively in close cooperation one another, is setting great expectations on "Robot World 2006" to be held on Oct. 18~21, this year in Seoul, in which there will be three categories such as Robot exhibition, Robot Competition, and Robot Conference and a total of 400 robot companies at home and abroad will take part.