Hyundai-Kia Signs Agreement With Samsung SDI To Develop Robot-Only Batteries
Feb 25, 2025
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Hyun Dong-jin, managing director of Hyundai Motor and Kia Robotics Lab, and Cho Han-je, vice president of strategic marketing team at Samsung SDI's small business division, attended the agreement ceremony.
This cooperation is based on the joint goal of the two companies to develop robot-optimized batteries and mount them on various service robots by bringing their respective resources and professional technical capabilities together in one place.
Most robot industries are currently equipped with batteries used in electric tools or light electric vehicles (LEV) as members of dedicated batteries. However, due to the complex and unstructured nature of the robot, the battery mounting space is limited, and there is a chronic problem that the output capacity decreases when a small cell is applied to the standard.
The key to this collaboration is to develop high-performance batteries dedicated to robots that optimize battery shapes in limited space while improving energy density, greatly increasing output and usage time.
According to the
agreement, Hyundai Motor and Kia Robotics Lab are in charge of evaluating the robot application and upgrading the performance of newly developed batteries. Using technical know-how accumulated from years of robot development and operation experience, the maximum charging and discharging performance, usage time, and warranty life of the battery will be evaluated.
Samsung SDI develops high-capacity materials to improve energy density and promotes battery efficiency enhancement through design optimization. Through this, battery usage time is expected to increase significantly compared to the previous one, and it is expected to have price competitiveness.
The two sides plan to work closely together to ensure that this joint development will become a representative cooperative model for robot-only battery innovation.
In addition to this, Hyundai Motor and Kia will conduct joint marketing with Samsung SDI to expand the base of the robot market. As a first step, Hyundai Motor and Kia's service robots DAL-e and MobED will be displayed at the Samsung SDI Exhibition Hall of Interbattery 2025 held in March. It demonstrates exhibition robots to visitors and industry officials and shows the growth potential of the robot battery market.
"We plan to continue to work with Samsung SDI, which has battery production capabilities, to develop high-performance batteries for robots," said Hyun Dong-jin, managing director of Hyundai Motor and Kia Robotics Lab. "If Robotics Lab's robot technology and Samsung SDI's battery technology are combined, we expect to increase battery supply and demand stability in the long term and supply robots with price competitiveness through market expansion."
"We are expanding our cooperation in the robot market with Hyundai Motor and Kia," said Cho Han-je, vice president of strategic marketing team at Samsung SDI's small business division. "Through this cooperation, we will show our own differentiated technology and the highest quality products in the robot battery market."
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor and Kia Robotics Lab launched a service using delivery robots, electric vehicle automatic charging robots, and advanced facial recognition technology at the Factorial Seongsu building in Seongsu-dong in June last year. In addition, it is taking the lead in expanding its product line and building a "Robotics Total Solution" by launching commercialization with the first release of the wearable robot "X-ble Shoulder" in November.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
