LG Electronics Robot Helps Guide Visitors at Museum

Placement at National Gongju Museum, National Assembly Museum, etc.
Cultural interpretation, guidance, and curator roles

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] LG Electronics' CLOi GuideBot is stepping in as a museum guide assistant.

On the 16th, LG Electronics announced that it will operate the CLOi GuideBot at the National Gongju Museum and the National Assembly Museum. Its name is 'Q.I.' It provides cultural explanations and directions.

It helps people who have difficulty enjoying culture due to physical disabilities. For those with hearing impairments, it offers sign language explanations and displays subtitles. For those in wheelchairs or strollers, it provides dedicated routes. For children, it offers content such as quizzes and pattern matching.

LG integrated UI software into the CLOi robot and combined it with a management system. In addition to the existing autonomous driving capabilities, it added voice recognition, response, cultural explanation, and mobility promotion services. It also offers chatbot and robot-linked services.

LG CLOi GuideBot providing sign language interpretation at the National Gongju Museum. [Photo by LG Electronics]

LG Electronics introduced a lineup of five types of robots including the GuideBot, SubBot (drawer-type and shelf-type), UV-C Bot, CarryBot, and Lawn Mowing Bot. The company plans to supply robot solutions optimized for various spaces.

Roh Kyuchan, Executive Director of LG Electronics' Robot Business Division, said, "The LG CLOi GuideBot provides services tailored to customers with low accessibility to viewing."

According to a survey by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement, the domestic service robot market size was approximately 860 billion KRW in 2020, an increase of about 35% compared to 2019. According to an analysis by KT Economic Management Research Institute, the domestic service robot market is expected to grow to 2.8 trillion KRW by 2025.