Article: (Yonhap Feature) Intelligent robots portend lucrative market in South Korea.

By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- With South Korean robot manufacturers vying to unveil new products in the second half of the year, intelligent robots represent a soon-to-be booming industry that could reach 30 trillion won (US$29.7 billion) by 2013 from the current 300 billion won.Yujin Robotics is planning to release its ICLEBO Q later this year, a robo-cleaner one step up from predecessor ICLEBO, South Korea's first commercial robot.Meanwhile, LG Electronics Co. is back in business with its ROBOKING 2, another cleaning robot priced at around 1 million won.The original went on sale two years ago for three times that price before sluggish sales ...

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