Samsung SDS Holds RX ART 2026 in the U.S., Expands Physical AI Deployment Across Samsung Affiliates
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Samsung SDS held "RX ART 2026" in the United States from last month 31 to this month 1.
Executives and leaders in charge of robotics at major Samsung affiliates attended the event to review the applicability of industrial-site tasks and robotics technologies from global physical AI companies.
Walden Robotics general-purpose robots were applied at Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Semes, RoboForce physical AI-based robots at Samsung Heavy Industries and Samsung E&A, and dexterous manipulation AI at Samsung Display.
Samsung SDS held "RX ART 2026" in the United States from last month 31 to this month 1. Through links between Samsung affiliates and global robotics companies, Samsung SDS pushed to expand the use of physical AI across manufacturing, shipbuilding, and plant sites.
Executives and leaders in charge of robotics at major Samsung affiliates took part in the event. Samsung SDS created a forum to review real-world applicability by connecting industrial-site challenges faced by Samsung affiliates with robotics technologies from global physical AI companies.
The event discussed ways to use robots at industrial sites. Samsung SDS and the affiliates jointly identified site-specific challenges, and then conducted preliminary verification of the robotics technologies from global physical AI companies for the identified tasks.
The event also shared the verification results and follow-up cooperation plans. The technology verification focused on determining whether robots could handle actual on-site work, rather than simple demonstrations.
This process led to the collection of task-specific work data and the use of the collected data for AI training. Based on this, Samsung pushed ahead with refining robot technologies tailored to manufacturing environments and work characteristics, as well as defining application methods suited to those environments and characteristics.
Walden Robotics general-purpose robots were deployed at manufacturing sites of Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Semes. The tasks covered by the robots included parts handling and consumables replacement, and Samsung verified whether work previously done by people could be automated and put into actual processes.
RoboForce physical AI-based robots were used at shipbuilding and plant sites. These sites are characterized by a large number of unstructured tasks, and Samsung verified whether robot automation was possible in outdoor work environments at the rugged outdoor sites of Samsung Heavy Industries and Samsung E&A. RoboForce has a foundation model for heavy-duty work robots for indoor and outdoor industrial sites, as well as modular AI robot platform technology.
At manufacturing and equipment environments such as Samsung Display, dexterous manipulation AI from a robotics startup was applied to fit the need for precision work. Through this, Samsung verified whether robots could handle complex and delicate processes, and the results expanded the range of technologies required by each manufacturing site.
Samsung SDS plans to connect the robot use cases confirmed this time to proof-of-concept projects at the affiliates' sites. It also plans to expand technologies that have been confirmed as applicable through on-site verification to other processes. Andy Jun, vice president in charge of Digital Factory at Samsung SDS, said this RX ART was a venue where Samsung affiliates in different manufacturing sites experienced the technology together and shared their concerns.
Samsung SDS also plans to identify additional joint projects with global physical AI companies and is strengthening cooperation with global robotics companies. Andy Jun, vice president in charge of Digital Factory at Samsung SDS, said the company plans to continue expanding strategic cooperation with global physical AI robotics companies, and that it will also actively support the promotion of RX at Samsung affiliates' manufacturing sites.
Samsung SDS made a strategic investment in Walden Robotics in June. Walden Robotics was founded by researchers from Toyota Research Institute. According to the company, Walden Robotics' robots have been deployed in actual production lines at a Toyota North America plant, where the tasks included heavy-duty work. Samsung SDS presented this investment as an example of its effort to strengthen cooperation with global robotics companies.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406474
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