HII has signed HYPR production agreements with GrayMatter Robotics and Path Robotics covering up to $900 million in potential shipbuilding work over seven years.
Hanwha Ocean is extending digital production systems and welding robots from its Geoje smart yard to Hanwha Philly Shipyard alongside a $5 billion infrastructure programme.
Korean shipbuilders are expanding AI-driven automation as welding robots and automated production lift productivity and shift workers toward monitoring and process control roles.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is deploying portable welding robots for confined ship blocks, combining JCT’s platform with Rainbow Robotics control and design-linked software from HD KSOE. Reports cite 35 units plus 27 for HD Hyundai Mipo.
