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RX(Robot Transformation)

RX
RX Trend

As the era of robots replacing human labor is no longer a distant future but an emerging reality, Physical AI-based Robot Transformation (RX) is emerging as a key trend that is fundamentally changing how work is done across industries.

While Generative AI has transformed information generation and decision-making, the paradigm is now expanding from “thinking AI” to “acting AI” with the emergence of Physical AI, which extends beyond Agentic AI to directly engage with the physical world. In particular, in 3D industries (Dirty, Dangerous, Difficult) such as manufacturing, logistics, and construction, the adoption of humanoid-based intelligent robots is rapidly expanding as an alternative to chronic labor shortages.

 

At the center of this shift are humanoid robots with general-purpose intelligence. In the past, robots were automation equipment specialized for specific processes, but Physical AI-based robots are evolving into a “general-purpose workforce” that can understand and reason about physical environments and perform various tasks. With AI technologies such as Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models being combined, robots are rapidly gaining the ability to learn human movements and adapt to various environments. This is expanding the possibility of human-level task execution in physical spaces, much like Generative AI enables natural conversations with humans.

 

However, for application in industrial sites, robots need not only improved hardware performance, such as payload capacity and battery life, but also continuous advancement of task performance through fine-tuning using field data, similar to human on-the-job training (OJT).

 

To successfully implement Physical AI-based RX going forward, it will become important to go beyond simply introducing robot hardware and implement a system for managing and operating robots as a single “Workforce.” In other words, a “robot Workforce operations system” is becoming essential. It continuously advances the Robot Foundation Model (RFM) based on field data and assigns and manages tasks for robots in a way similar to an HR system. An operations platform that can respond to field issues in real time and reassign tasks will also become a key source of competitiveness by maximizing robot utilization.

 

Ultimately, RX is expected to go beyond simple automation and act as a game changer that reshapes productivity and industrial structures by creating a new labor paradigm where humans and robots work together.

All-in-One platform for managing data
and RFM training for Physical AI robot learning
Robot learning data is the bottleneck to field deployment

One major limitation in adopting Physical AI-based robots is the difficulty of securing RFM training data. Robots currently collect data through methods such as teleoperation, but there are limits to the volume and diversity of data that can be secured relative to the time and cost required. In particular, many constraints remain in building large-scale, high-quality datasets that include complex environments and various work conditions. This lack of data is a key factor limiting the general-purpose capability and field applicability of robots. In addition, although various technologies such as AI, robotics, and simulation are required, there is a lack of platforms that can integrate development and operation across these areas. This also increases inefficiency, as collaboration among data experts, AI experts, and robotics and systems experts remains fragmented within organizations.

 

These technical and structural limitations lead to gaps when robots are applied in actual field environments. Even if robots perform well in laboratories or limited environments, they often fail to deliver the expected efficiency in actual industrial sites because they lack the ability to respond to variables. In particular, because there is no sufficient retraining and optimization framework that reflects the work environments and processes of each site, it remains difficult to continuously improve performance even after robots are introduced.

Forge collects data, trains models, and verifies performance

As Physical AI-based robots become more widespread, corporate competitiveness is being determined not by the performance of individual robots, but by how quickly companies can train them and apply them in the field. Accordingly, an RFM training platform that integrates the entire process from data collection to model training, verification, and deployment is becoming a key factor in raising the level of robot utilization.

 

Through an integrated platform, high-quality training data can be secured quickly by combining human work data, simulation data, and actual field data. Data cleansing and quality management can also be automated, securing both training efficiency and data consistency. This significantly shortens the lead time for robot training compared with existing methods and provides a foundation for quickly responding to various tasks. The RFM training platform also greatly improves development and operational productivity through one-click training and standardized interfaces that integrate complex technology stacks into a single environment. Furthermore, even after robots are deployed in the field, data can be continuously collected and incorporated to build a field-based learning loop for retraining and optimization, enabling continuous improvement of robot performance. This structure transforms robots from one-time deployment assets into an evolving “intelligent Workforce,” ultimately providing a foundation for applying robots to the field more quickly and operating them in the most efficient way.

How Forge accelerates robot learning
High-speed learning data collection

High-speed learning data collection

Forge uses various data collection and generation technologies, including teleoperation data collection, human video, world models, and simulation, to quickly secure large volumes of robot learning data and significantly reduce the time and cost required for RFM training.

Automated data quality management

Automated data quality management

Through automated data curation, Forge reduces the manpower and time required for data cleansing and improves the quality of training data. It automates data filtering and preprocessing to secure data quality and maximize RFM task performance.

One-click automated training

One-click automated training

Data collection, cleansing, training, and verification processes that were previously separated across multiple tools can be easily executed through one interface and a preconfigured environment, reducing the time needed to prepare for training. This reduces the burden of complex setup and deployment, enabling faster and more efficient training preparation and execution.

High-quality simulation

High-quality simulation

Forge reduces the gap between simulation and real-world environments, helping robots adapt more quickly to various tasks and environments using simulation data. By automating the verification, calibration, and retraining cycle, it reduces trial and error and operational burden, and implements a more stable and scalable training environment.

Efficient operation of training infrastructure

Efficient operation of training infrastructure

Forge improves the efficiency of GPU and training resource usage, helping maintain stable infrastructure operations even as the scale of training increases. It reduces unnecessary resource waste, maintains performance in large-scale training environments, lowers operating costs, and establishes a predictable operating foundation.

FAQ
  • Robot learning projects do not end with simply creating a model. Different work environments at each site, repeated data collection, gaps between simulation and real-world environments, and repeated verification and retraining often slow down actual field application. Forge connects the process from data collection to training, verification, and field application preparation into a single flow, helping robots be applied to real-world environments more quickly.

  • Many teams already operate their own training environments and workflows. However, in actual field environments, operational issues such as data management, repeated verification, model tracking, deployment preparation, and simulation-to-real iteration quickly become complex. Rather than forcing a specific model or training method, Forge focuses on reducing these repetitive operational issues and making the field application process more efficient.

  • It is often difficult to secure enough diverse situations using only real-world field data. Forge supports repeated verification and field application processes by using simulation-based data together with real-world operational data. This makes it possible to review more work conditions and exceptions before applying robots to real-world environments.

  • If Forge is responsible for training and verifying the RFM that serves as the robot’s brain, Baton is responsible for robot field operations and orchestration. Operational data and exceptions generated in the field can be reflected back into the training process, helping robots continuously adapt to real-world work environments.

Integrated platform for orchestrating robots of different types
from multiple manufacturers into a unified workforce
Operations become more complex as the number of robots increases

Recently, the robotics market is rapidly evolving beyond the spread of third-generation autonomous robots, including autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and delivery robots, toward RFM-based fourth-generation intelligent robots. As a result, the complexity of operating and managing a range of heterogeneous robots in an integrated manner is increasing, going beyond simply improving the performance of individual robots. In particular, as robots are now performing complex tasks that were previously difficult to automate, demand is growing for robot-based End-to-End Automation across entire work processes. However, in actual industrial sites, robots from different manufacturers and with different functions are mixed together, so integrated operation remains limited, while operational inefficiency and management burden are both increasing.

 

Amid these technological and market changes, the need to manage robots not simply as equipment, but as a “Workforce,” is also growing. At industrial sites, companies expect robot collaboration to practically replace human labor and improve productivity. To achieve this, a system is essential for assigning tasks to robots, managing their status, and continuously improving performance. When introducing new robots, companies must also quickly integrate them with existing systems and robots, and flexibly optimize operations according to changing work environments. Ultimately, only by viewing robots as an “operational resource” similar to people and implementing an integrated framework for managing and operating them like an HR system can companies maximize robot utilization in complex industrial environments and realize true End-to-End Automation.

Baton connects robots to the flow of on-site operations

As Physical AI-based robots are being deployed more widely across industrial sites, the need to manage robots not simply as equipment, but as a “workforce at the execution layer,” is rapidly increasing. In the past, the functions and performance of individual robots were important. Now, environments where various heterogeneous robots are deployed together to perform a single workflow End-to-End are becoming more common. In such environments, an operations platform is essential for integrated task assignment, status monitoring, exception handling, and performance optimization across robots. In particular, a “Workforce management system” modeled on human workforce management is needed to readjust tasks in real time according to changing on-site conditions and maximize productivity through collaboration between robots. This means moving beyond basic monitoring and control and evolving into an execution-focused operations platform that plans, assigns, evaluates, and improves robot tasks.

 

Amid this shift, LG CNS has secured differentiated competitiveness as a provider with capabilities in robotics, platforms, and SI.  With robotics technology experience spanning first- to fourth-generation robots, LG CNS also holds a leading position in next-generation robotics, including humanoids, and has accumulated robotics business experience across logistics, factories, cities, and the public sector. Based on infrastructure technologies essential for RX implementation, including PSG, cloud, and data centers, LG CNS can implement a stable and scalable robot operations platform. LG CNS aims not only to integrate various robots and equipment to maintain optimal operating conditions, but also to implement an autonomous operations platform where the system makes decisions and coordinates tasks on its own. Through this, LG CNS seeks to realize an intelligent robot Workforce operations system that continuously improves performance while minimizing human intervention.

How Baton improves robot operational efficiency
Integrated Workflow for robots and equipment

Integrated Workflow for robots and equipment

Baton connects robots and equipment into a single Workflow and supports robot operations to execute Work Orders. It analyzes robots, equipment, task priorities, and resource status to optimize operations and respond efficiently to various exceptions.

Rapid deployment of new robots to the field

Rapid deployment of new robots to the field

New robots can be quickly connected, verified, and deployed immediately in the field. Through standardized integration methods, companies can reduce the time and trial and error required to introduce new robots, while securing stability and scalability during field application.

Real-time integrated robot control

Real-time integrated robot control

The location and status information of various robots, as well as CCTV, sensor, and equipment data, can be monitored together on a single screen. This enables early detection of abnormal situations and immediate response, improving operational stability and productivity.

Flexible modular architecture

Flexible modular architecture

Companies can selectively adopt only the functions they need from the platform according to the scale and operating conditions of the site where robots will be introduced, then expand in phases. After starting with minimal functionality, companies can flexibly expand according to the number of robots and scope of work, securing both cost efficiency and operational stability.

Real-time optimization based on situational awareness

Real-time optimization based on situational awareness

Baton automatically optimizes operations by monitoring the status of operating robots, workflows, and site data in real time. Under normal conditions, it improves efficiency by optimizing resource allocation. In abnormal situations, it minimizes losses by adjusting task priorities.

Customized robot operations dashboard

Customized robot operations dashboard

Baton provides not only robot status information, but also robot-specific KPIs and performance information according to operational objectives. Key indicators such as productivity, throughput, utilization rate, and task delays can be monitored and improved.

Agentic AI-based execution

Agentic AI-based execution

AI Agent analyzes Work Orders, priorities, and site conditions to automatically generate execution plans for each unit of robot work. It also dynamically adjusts task sequences and resource allocation according to changing conditions to support more efficient operations.

FAQ
  • Baton is suitable for companies that have already introduced multiple robots or plan to deploy various robots in the field. As the number of robots increases, it becomes more important to manage workflows, equipment integration, failure response, and operational efficiency together in an integrated system, rather than managing individual devices separately.

  • Baton is designed for environments where various types of robots operate together. Even when manufacturers, robot types, and roles differ, they must be managed as a single flow from the perspective of field operations. Baton supports integrated management of task status and operational flows in these heterogeneous robot environments. The actual scope of application needs to be reviewed based on robot interfaces, site systems, and operational objectives.

  • Existing simple control systems often stop at showing “where a robot is and what status it is in.” Baton goes beyond identifying robot status and considers workflows and operating conditions together. It connects robot location and status with task priorities, equipment conditions, and site conditions, helping operators make faster decisions and respond more effectively. In other words, Baton is not simply a system for monitoring robots. It is a platform for operating robots within on-site work.

  • Baton is designed for sites where existing work systems and equipment operate together, not environments where robots operate separately. In manufacturing and logistics sites, robot operations must be connected with Work Orders, equipment status, inventory flows, shipment schedules, and more to achieve real productivity improvement. Baton supports the design of robot operation workflows with these site system integrations in mind. The specific integration method may vary depending on the client’s system structure and operating scope.

  • Forge is responsible for the learning and verification required before robots are deployed in the field. Baton supports the stable operation of deployed robots within actual field work. By using the two products together, robot learning and field operations can be connected as a single flow instead of being separated. Operational data and exceptions generated in the field can be reflected back into learning and verification, helping implement a structure where the robot Workforce continuously adapts to real work environments.

Industrial robot solutions that can be quickly applied in the field
Robot Solution by Industry
Security: Autonomous robot patrol solution

Security: Autonomous robot patrol solution

Security sites are environments that must respond to low-frequency, high-risk events across large and unstructured spaces. Most of these areas require continuous patrol and monitoring, especially perimeter facilities, unmanned nighttime zones, and areas around equipment.

Physical AI is well suited for tasks such as facility and perimeter patrol, monitoring of unmanned nighttime zones, inspection of hazardous areas, and detection of abnormal signs such as intrusion, fire, and water leaks.

Based on vision, thermal, and acoustic anomaly detection data accumulated across diverse industrial facilities, PhysicalWorks provides security solutions that can be quickly deployed even in event-driven environments.

Logistics: Humanoid solution for logistics centers

Logistics: Humanoid solution for logistics centers

Logistics sites are environments where workflows such as picking, sorting, transport, loading, and unloading are closely interconnected, and work conditions continue to change in response to changes in goods and demand.

Physical AI is well suited for logistics operations such as picking and packing, sorting, loading and unloading, transport, and inventory movement within warehouses.

Drawing on workflow and movement-path data accumulated across a wide range of logistics sites, PhysicalWorks provides logistics automation solutions that can be rapidly deployed even in highly variable environments.

Manufacturing: Factory humanoid solution for precision tasks

Manufacturing: Factory humanoid solution for precision tasks

Manufacturing sites are environments where connectivity between processes and adaptability to product variations are important, with both repetitive and unstructured tasks performed together.

Physical AI is well suited for manufacturing tasks such as assembly and work assistance, quality inspection, inter-process transfer, and adaptation to work environments.

Based on work and process data accumulated across a wide range of manufacturing processes, PhysicalWorks provides automation solutions that can be flexibly adapted to production environments with product variants.

 Data Center: Robotic automation solution for data centers

Data Center: Robotic automation solution for data centers

Data centers require reliable 24/7 operation and rapid response to anomalies, with continuous physical inspection and status monitoring.

Physical AI is well suited for tasks such as server room and equipment inspection, rack status checks, cooling and power equipment monitoring, and anomaly detection.

Based on equipment inspection and operational data accumulated across diverse infrastructure environments, PhysicalWorks provides robotic automation solutions for data centers, enhancing stability and response speed.

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