Robots & AI in Asia's shipyards and steel mills

A sourced, filterable tracker of real deployments: welding robots, inspection quadrupeds, drones and yard AI, across Korea, Japan, China, Singapore and beyond.

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52Deployments
36Companies
29Vendors
6Countries

Latest deployments

CompanyCountryDeploymentVendorDateEvidence
Imabari Shipbuilding + Japan Marine UnitedJapanJoint yard automation studies; vision-guided welding trials from 2027Not disclosed2026-10Development
Hengli Heavy IndustriesChina5G-linked automated cutting tables and robotic welding gantriesNot disclosed2026-10Operational
Jiangnan Shipyard (CSSC)ChinaL-type and gantry robotic intelligent welding lines (CNY 12.59m award)Tangshan Kaiyuan Autowelding2026-09Procurement
Jiangnan Shipyard (CSSC)ChinaMagnetic curved-surface welding robot with laser vision (class approved; 100% NDT pass on pilot blocks)Xionggu2026-09Pilot
Dalian Shipbuilding (CSSC)ChinaCollaborative welding robots at scale: 12000 m/month; 3x manualNot disclosed2026-08Operational
Hyundai SteelSouth KoreaAI-RAN connected humanoid robots for equipment fault responseROBOTIS / NIA2026-07Pilot
HD Hyundai Heavy IndustriesSouth KoreaAI autonomous welding cobots (flat-block assembly)In-house / govt-backed project2026-06Operational
Offshore Oil Engineering (COOEC)ChinaFlexible AI welding robots for offshore platform nodes (98% first-pass)In-house2026-06Operational

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Additive Manufacturing
1 deploymentsBlasting & Painting
1 deploymentsDigital Twin & Yard AI
2 deploymentsInspection
10 deploymentsLogistics
1 deploymentsOther
7 deploymentsWelding
30 deployments