Major domestic shipbuilders are actively pursuing robot adoption. HD Hyundai, in particular, is utilizing more than 200 robots for welding, steel plate cutting, and other operations. The company has determined that robots are necessary to manufacture and deliver on time the four years’ worth of work secured through consecutive orders. As the growing number of robots raises worker anxiety, shipbuilders plan to continue discussions on employment stability through communication with labor unions.
According to industry sources on Feb. 24, as of early this month, HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding affiliates have installed a total of 211 robots (industrial and collaborative robots) at shipbuilding sites. This represents a 63.6% increase compared to the same period last year (129 units). By affiliate, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries increased its robot deployment from 73 to 131 units. HD Hyundai Samho installed 80 robots, a 42.9% increase from the same period last year (56 units).
The reason HD Hyundai is actively adopting robots is that work is overflowing. As a result of consistently securing orders since 2022, when the COVID-19 spread subsided, HD Hyundai currently holds three to four years’ worth of work. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, HD Hyundai’s shipbuilding intermediate holding company, secured an order backlog of $63.672 billion as of the end of last year.
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