Doosan Robotics has opened an expanded European branch in Frankfurt, Germany, as part of its strategy to accelerate growth across the region. The opening ceremony on May 19 drew roughly 200 guests, including European partners, customers, robotics associations, and local media. The expansion builds on the company’s 2024 European entry, when it established an initial branch and formed partnerships with system integrators and distributors in markets including Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Doosan Robotics, a South Korean collaborative robot maker, currently supplies its solutions to 45 countries.
The expanded branch adds localized repair, training, and application development functions. To improve response times, Doosan Robotics Europe is broadening its repair capabilities to include individual component replacement and maintains a local inventory of service parts and repair equipment. The company says replacement robots can be deployed immediately to customer sites to minimize downtime. Training has also been localized, with beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses offered at least twice monthly, alongside a new “Live Repair” program in which participants disassemble and repair actual products to build hands-on technical skills.
At the opening, the company demonstrated several commercialized collaborative robot applications, including palletizing, machine tending, AI vision-based pick and place, and a cocktail-making solution. The branch operates a showroom where prospective customers can experience the systems directly and will establish an Application Center where customers work with local engineers to develop customized solutions. President Inwon Park said the branch is intended to provide greater speed, proximity, and technical support while strengthening the company’s brand presence in the European market.
The expansion reflects the broader importance of localized service infrastructure in the collaborative robotics market, where deployment success depends heavily on integration support, fast repair turnaround, and operator training rather than hardware specifications alone. Europe remains a competitive region for cobot suppliers, with established players including Universal Robots and KUKA holding significant positions. Doosan Robotics’ investment in regional repair, training, and application development signals an effort to compete on service depth and proximity, factors that increasingly differentiate suppliers as collaborative robots move into wider industrial and commercial deployment.
