SK Intellix announced Wednesday that its Namuhx wellness robot was selected as a winning product at the IR52 Jang Yeong-sil Award ceremony held Tuesday at Peace & Park Convention in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Pictured from left at the ceremony: Ryu Ki-cheol, head of AX Tech; Lim Tae-bin, head of production quality; and Ko Ki-young, head of production. [SK Intellix]
SK Intellix announced Wednesday that its Namuhx wellness robot was selected as a winning product at the IR52 Jang Yeong-sil Award ceremony held Tuesday at Peace & Park Convention in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Pictured from left at the ceremony: Ryu Ki-cheol, head of AX Tech; Lim Tae-bin, head of production quality; and Ko Ki-young, head of production. [SK Intellix]

Autonomous air purification, on-device AI voice control among key features

Contactless monitoring of five health indicators; safety and health functions integrated

Development led by Lim Tae-bin, Ryu Ki-cheol and Ko Ki-young

SK Intellix's wellness robot Namuhx has won the IR52 Jang Yeong-sil Award, one of South Korea's top industrial technology honors.

SK Intellix announced Wednesday that Namuhx was selected as a winning product at the IR52 Jang Yeong-sil Award ceremony held Tuesday at Peace & Park Convention in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The three executives who led the product's development — Lim Tae-bin, head of production quality; Ryu Ki-cheol, head of AX Tech; and Ko Ki-young, head of production — attended the ceremony.

The IR52 Jang Yeong-sil Award is an industrial technology prize hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and administered by the Korea Industrial Technology Association. Established in 1991, it recognizes new-technology products and innovation achievements developed by domestic companies and research institutions.

Namuhx is a wellness robot that combines AI and robotics to integrate air management and health monitoring into a single device.

The robot features an autonomous "air solution" mode that detects airborne pollutants in a given space and navigates independently to purify the air. It also supports voice control of key functions through an on-device LLM that processes AI computations internally without an internet connection.

Namuhx can also measure five health indicators using a contactless method. It offers a "SafeCare" function that monitors users' safety status and a "My Healthcare" function that provides personalized health management support.

On data privacy and information security, the robot has obtained ISO/IEC 27001 certification, the international standard for information security management systems.

SK Intellix was launched last year when SK Magic changed its corporate name, as the company expands from home appliances into AI-based wellness. Namuhx is one of the flagship products introduced as part of that strategic shift.

"This Jang Yeong-sil Award win confirms the technological strength and competitiveness of Namuhx," a company official said. "We will grow into a global AI wellness platform company built on wellness robotics technology."


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