Samsung establishes a robotics division

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三星正式成立机器人业务部门“RX”（Robotics eXperience），挖来前现代机器人负责人李东坤主导战略，连CEO TM Roh都亲自挂帅，摆明了要在人形机器人赛道全力冲刺。简单说，三星这次不只是“试试水”，而是直接对标波士顿动力和OpenAI的物理AI布局。李东坤曾负责现代收购波士顿动力的整合工作，经验丰富。三星计划今年内开始制造人形机器人，并斥资19万亿韩元（约130亿美元）在韩国龟尾市建厂。同时，公司还打算在美国、中国和日本设立研发中心，借助当地人才加速技术落地。对普通人来说，这意味着未来几年你家可能真会出现“机器人管家”。三星的人形机器人有望承担家务、陪伴老人、甚至辅助教育，就像智能手机一样逐渐普及。不过目前这些机器人还处于早期研发阶段，实际走进普通家庭可能还需要两三年。但可以肯定的是，随着三星、OpenAI等巨头重金投入，人类与机器人共处的生活图景正加速照进现实。

News Samsung establishes a robotics division Dongkun Lee, formerly of Hyundai, will oversee its strategy. By Mariella Moon July 21, 2026 8:03 am EST Mykolastock/Shutterstock Samsung has created a new division called RX or Robotics eXperience for all of its robotics projects. Its strategy will be headed by Dongkun Lee, who joined Samsung in May as an Executive Vice President. Before he joined Samsung, Lee led Hyundai's robotics strategy, including Boston Dynamics'. Samsung CEO TM Roh himself will oversee the new division. While RX will be based in Samsung's Seoul facilities in South Korea, Reuters says the company is also planning to build robotics research hubs in the US, China and Japan to tap into the expertise of locals. RX's establishment signals that the company, like many of peers in the tech industry, is getting serious about working on projects revolving around the development of physical AI. Hyundai recently purchased the rest of Boston Dynamics for the same reason. In February, a robotics company established by Alphabet to design robotics for manufacturing was folded into Google. And OpenAI is working on a series of devices meant to be the physical manifestation of ChatGPT, the first of which is believed to be a speaker. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, Samsung intends to start manufacturing humanoid robots sometime this year. Roh previously announced that the company will invest 19 trillion Korean won ($13 billion) to develop manufacturing facilities in its Gumi, Korea site for the production of its humanoid robots, CNBC says.