Robotics startup Diden Robotics announced on the 27th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KAIST's Department of Mechanical Engineering for joint research and development in the fields of physical AI and humanoid technology.
This agreement is a strategic industry-academia collaboration to jointly develop core technologies for next-generation humanoid and physical AI-based robot platforms, and aims to combine KAIST's mechanical and robotics research capabilities with Diden Robotics' robotics system design experience.
The two organizations will jointly pursue the development of humanoid robots, particularly research related to robotic hands and manipulation mechanisms. Furthermore, they plan to build upon their research achievements to accumulate core source technologies and establish a long-term research collaboration and technical partnership focused on talent development.
Diden Robotics is a robotics startup jointly founded in 2024 by four researchers from KAIST's Department of Mechanical Engineering's 'HUBO Lab'. They have developed the 'DIDEN 30', a quadruped walking robot capable of autonomous walking and adapting to complex environments, and have accumulated technologies for movement and physical interaction in irregular environments such as the shipbuilding industry.
Kim Jun-ha, CEO of Diden Robotics, said, “We expect this to be a collaborative model that combines the basic and applied research of KAIST researchers with Diden Robotics’ industrial application experience,” adding, “It will contribute to strengthening the overall competitiveness of domestic robot research and technology development.”
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