Hyundai Elevator Reports Interest in Open API

Hyundai Elevator has announced that it has more than 60 participants in its open application programming interface (open API) just one year after the company disclosed the interface to the public in March 2022, The Korea Times reports. The participants include major companies such as LG Electronics, Kakao, KT, LG Uplus and Woowa Brothers, as well as robotics firms, state-run research institutes and individuals, according to the source. Hyundai Elevator has been working on connecting its elevators with robots, enabling more than 30 buildings that have the company’s elevators to use robots. Yongin Severance Hospital in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, for example, has 10 medical service robots operated by LG Electronics, SK Telecom and robotics firm Twinny. Those robots can use elevators and transport blood, samples and medical kits. The hospital also has robots for child patients. API refers to a software interface to connect computers or computer programs. This allows connections between different types of systems and software.