Humanoid robots wearing protective suits work inside a smart farm cultivating livestock and vegetables in this artificially intelligence-generated image. The suit design was proposed by Hansae. Courtesy of Hansae.
A surprising scene unfolded in front of press at the Korea Federation of Textile Industries’ office in Seoul’s Gangnam District on June 8. A humanoid robot walked from behind the curtain to the center of stage to face the audience, drawing mild wows. The robot, about a meter tall and only a thick horizontal line where a human would have eyes, was dressed in a black sleeveless jacket and baggy pants. Its very presence was enough to keep the crowd’s attention.
Soon, the hook from G-Dragon's “Power” reverberated across the stage and the robot, courtesy of Galaxy Corp., an entertainment-tech company that has a partnership with the K-pop superstar, began dancing to the upbeat tune. Its metallic feet tapped on the floor and its clothing fluttereed with every jerky motion.
The show lasted for about a minute and the robot walked off stage. The performance was part of a bold message from Hansae regarding its latest mission — developing clothes for robots as well as humans.
The group’s businesses range from fashion retail to e-commerce bookstore, concert ticketing and automobile part manufacturing, and the fashion arm of the company has 140 designers, with manufacturing plants and oversea subsidiaries in 10 countries. Clothing robots is the next step in their apparel design plans.
