Hanwha Robotics announced on the 10th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Royal IHC, a representative shipyard in the Netherlands, for collaboration on welding automation technology based on collaborative robots.

The agreement includes various aspects of cooperation, such as joint development and promotion of welding automation technology, technology and personnel exchanges, and sharing of information and materials.

Stein Festen, the Royal IHC Sales Director (left), and Byung-chan Chung, the CEO of Hanwha Robotics (right), sign a business agreement and take a commemorative photo at Automatica 2025, held in Munich, Germany on the 27th of last month./Courtesy of Hanwha Robotics

Royal IHC is one of the leading shipyards in the Netherlands and has achieved success in the construction of special purpose vessels, including dredgers, naval support vessels, and cable laying ships.

This agreement was signed at the site of the 'Automatica 2025' robot and automation exhibition held in Germany last month. Hanwha Robotics unveiled its high payload collaborative robot, the HCR-32, for the first time at the exhibition.

Royal IHC highly evaluated the ultra-lightweight and compact welding robot HCR-5W. The HCR-5W features operation in narrow vessel interiors, high precision control performance with an error range of 0.02 mm, and a joint design that allows work at various angles.

Hanwha Robotics CEO Jeong Byeong-chan noted, "We have created our first collaborative case with a Dutch shipyard based on our robotic technology, which is applicable even in the highly space-constrained shipbuilding industry."

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