The most distinctive feature of NAVER’s robotics technology is the cloud. NAVER has explored ways to control robots not as isolated units, but as cloud-based intelligence. At the core of this approach is ARC, NAVER’s cloud robotics system. ARC connects large numbers of robots as well as diverse robot platforms—ranging from wheel-based robots to quadrupeds and humanoid robots—into a single unified system.
Connecting the Intelligence of Diverse Robots Through the Cloud
ARC consists of three core components: ARC brain, which handles the control, management, and monitoring of robots in the cloud; ARC eye, which enables robots to perceive their location and navigate routes; and ARC mind, a web-based operating system that expands the robot service ecosystem.
With this architecture, robots are no longer constrained by their individual hardware capabilities. New algorithms can be deployed in real time, allowing robots to operate consistently across different environments. At NAVER’s 1784 building, more than a hundred robots connected to ARC interact with the cloud in real time via a 5G network, carrying out a wide range of tasks such as parcel delivery, lunchbox transport, and beverage services. The service data generated by these robots is continuously accumulated through ARC and fed back into cloud-based foundation models as training resources. This establishes a closed-loop structure in which robots collect data, the cloud learns from it, and the resulting intelligence is redistributed across the entire robot fleet.
Multi-robot control at NAVER 1784 through ARC brain
Different Forms, One Collective Brain
The goal of ARC is not to create a single robot, but to enable robots of many different forms to operate as one unified system. To achieve this, NAVER has developed a wide range of robot platforms in-house, systematically validating ARC’s scalability and cross-platform compatibility.
These platforms include wheel-based robots such as Rookie 2, GaRo, SeRo, ALT-B, and Lungo, the quadruped robot Mini Cheetah, the dual-arm robot AMBIDEX, and the bipedal robot MININOID. While their physical forms differ, their intelligence is built on the shared ARC architecture, with control and learning carried out through the cloud.
Service Robot for Smart Buildings (Rookie)
Collaborative Robots for Smart Campuses (GaRo, SeRo, ALT-B)
Quadruped Robot (Mini-Cheetah)
Dual-Arm Robot (AMBIDEX)
Outdoor Service Robot (Lungo)
Ultimately, robots equipped with different sensors and mobility mechanisms will be able to share the same intelligence and control system, whether multiple robots operate within a single space or a single robot moves across different environments.
NAVER’s robotics strategy is not centered on manufacturing and selling robot hardware; what truly matters is connecting robots of many different forms into a single intelligence network. ARC sits at the core of this vision, enabling diverse robots to share data and intelligence and to collaborate naturally with people and within spaces. No matter how different their forms may be, all robots will be able to share one collective brain: NAVER’s.