South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412)

The 2023 amendment (Act No. 19412) to South Korea's Intelligent Robots Development and Distribution Promotion Act, administered by MOTIE (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy), passed 16 May 2023 and in force 17 November 2023. It grants outdoor mobile robots that obtain operational-safety certification pedestrian legal status, permitting them to travel on sidewalks (Art. 40-2(1)), subject to a safety-certification checklist (incl. traffic-rule compliance) and a damage/liability insurance requirement. This is a genuine robot-operation law authorizing sidewalk delivery robots, paralleling US state PDD laws.

South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412) is recorded as a operational_restriction applying in South Korea on the DEPLOY registry.

South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412) is recorded as effective November 17, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry.

South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412) is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.

South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412) is recorded as applying to sidewalk robots on the DEPLOY registry.

8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of South Korea Intelligent Robots Act (2023 amendment; outdoor/sidewalk robots, Act No. 19412): Also Autonomous Delivery Vehicle, Amazon Scout, Avride delivery robot, Beastro and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.