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Korea’s Naver Office Combines Robots, Humans – Nikkei

 

Naver, one of South Korea’s biggest technology groups, has opened a groundbreaking office that combines human employees with robots, Nikkei Asia reported.

The 1784 office in the tech hub of Pangyo, near Seoul, has about 100 robots that perform menial tasks such as deliveries of food and beverages, parcels and documents.

Read the full report: Nikkei Asia

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.

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