HD Hyundai Robotics Company Profile: History, Ownership, Plants and Products
Updated: Oct 15
HD Hyundai Robotics is a South Korean maker of industrial robots, part of the HD Hyundai shipbuilding and machinery group. Its robot business began in 1984 to serve Hyundai's car factories and became an independent company in 2020. This profile sets out its history, ownership, plants and products.
HD Hyundai Robotics at a Glance
Fact | Detail |
Company | HD Hyundai Robotics |
Roots | October 1984, as a robot team at Hyundai Heavy Industries |
Independent company since | May 2020 |
Headquarters | Dalseong County, Daegu, South Korea |
Parent | HD Hyundai |
Robots sold | About 52,000 industrial robots over roughly 30 years |
Annual sales volume | About 4,000 industrial robots |
Key person | Kim Wan-su |
Company History
In October 1984 Hyundai Group set up a robot business team inside Hyundai Heavy Industries to build robots for Hyundai Motor's production lines. The activity grew within the group for three decades and was upgraded from part of the engine machinery division to a robot division in 2016. Service robots were added in 2019. In 2020 the robot unit became an independent corporation, and in 2022 it established a production company in Jiangsu, China, where output began in March 2023. The company took the name HD Hyundai Robotics in 2023.
Key milestones
1984: Robot business team formed.
2016: Becomes a separate robot division.
2019: Service robot production begins.
2020: Independent corporation.
2022: Chinese production company established.
2023: Production starts in China; renamed HD Hyundai Robotics.
Plants
Site | Capacity |
Smart factory, Dalseong County, Daegu | About 10,000 robots a year, on 26,214 square meters |
Jiangsu, China | About 3,000 robots a year |
Products
Industrial robots: multi-joint robots for welding and assembly, such as the HS220; they account for about 90% of sales.
Display robots: robots for handling flat-panel displays.
Service robots: serving, disinfection and cleaning robots, and UNI, a mobile service robot with voice recognition developed with the telecom company KT.
The range covers about 40 robot types.
Can You Invest in HD Hyundai Robotics?
The sources used here do not confirm a separate stock listing for the robotics company. Its parent group, HD Hyundai, is listed in South Korea. This is general information, not investment advice.
Strengths and Challenges
Strengths
Four decades of experience in automotive robots.
A large domestic base and a plant in China.
The backing of a major industrial group.
Challenges
Sales concentrated in industrial robots, which follow automotive investment.
Strong Japanese, European and Chinese competitors.
HD Hyundai Robotics FAQ
Who owns HD Hyundai Robotics?
The HD Hyundai group.
Where is HD Hyundai Robotics based?
In Dalseong County, Daegu, South Korea.
When did Hyundai start making robots?
In 1984, when a robot business team was formed at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
How many robots has it sold?
About 52,000 industrial robots over roughly 30 years.
What does HD Hyundai Robotics make?
Industrial robots for welding and assembly, display-handling robots and service robots.
