[Seoul = News Editing] Robotis attracted investors' attention on the 1st by showing a strong intraday surge of over 17% in the KOSDAQ market. This is the result of the company emerging as a new growth engine as it accelerates the expansion of its outdoor autonomous delivery robot business this year.

On this day, Robotis soared to 387,500 won at one point during the session, recording an increase of over 19%. Compared to the previous trading day, it traded at 382,500 won, up 5,700 won (17.51%), and strong buying interest flowed in as the trading volume also exceeded 1 million shares.

The background of the market's attention is the full-fledged expansion of the outdoor autonomous delivery robot business. According to the industry, Robotis is strengthening its push into the service robot market by fully expanding its autonomous delivery robot 'Gyemyeong (Ant)' business this year. Currently, the scale of outdoor autonomous robots in operation nationwide is about 200 units. In particular, the Yangcheon-gu Office in Seoul introduced 24 units, recording the largest operational scale for a single local municipality.

Delivery robots are recently expanding their scope of utilization, centering on local governments, apartment complexes, campuses, and industrial complexes. As the labor shortage problem and the increase in demand for non-face-to-face services intersect, expectations for related market growth are growing. In Korea, with the continuation of smart city construction and unmanned service expansion policies, the number of adoption cases is on the rise.

Robotis is solidifying its position in the service robot market based on its autonomous driving technology and actuator technology, which serves as the robot's joints. In particular, its autonomous driving technology, which enables stable movement in outdoor environments, is evaluated as highly competitive. Recently, in the global market, as autonomous driving functions become more sophisticated due to the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the delivery robot and logistics automation markets are also growing rapidly.

The securities industry finds significance in the fact that the actual number of units in operation is increasing, moving beyond the simple technology development phase. Given the nature of the robot business, where commercialization and operational performance are crucial, it is evaluated that nationwide operational expansion could have a positive impact on corporate value in the future. If the outdoor autonomous delivery robot market enters a full-fledged growth phase, Robotis's business expansion speed is expected to accelerate even further.

However, as the stock price has surged in a short period of time, some point out that there is a need to be wary of the possibility of expanded short-term volatility. Future additional supply expansions of delivery robots and the expansion of service areas are cited as the main points to watch.

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