Krafton Unveils Robot AI with Social Intelligence, "Rudi 0.2"

Ludo Robotics Enhances Human Interaction Capabilities
Opens Palo Alto Lab in U.S.; Develops "Rudi 1.0"

Krafton said on November 2 that its robotics research entity, Ludo Robotics, had unveiled “Rudi 0.2,” an artificial intelligence (AI) system for robots that communicate and collaborate with people.

KRAFTON Ludo Robotics CEO Kim Changhan (right) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Lee Kangwook. Provided by KRAFTON.

Ludo Robotics introduced Rudi 0.2 on October 30 (local time) at the Bay Area Robotics Symposium (BARS), a robotics academic event held at the University of California, Berkeley. The presentation was delivered by Lee Kangwook, Krafton’s Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and Ludo Robotics’ Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Rudi 0.2 is the successor to “Rudi 0.1,” unveiled in August 2026, and improves its ability to understand people’s intentions and respond to changing situations. The original Rudi 0.1 is an AI system that combines a vision-language model (VLM) with specialized capabilities for navigation and object manipulation. It is designed to understand voice commands, maintain conversational context, ask follow-up questions when instructions are unclear, and adapt flexibly even when tasks change.

Rudi 0.2 has social intelligence and interacts more smoothly with people. It also enhances “memory and reasoning,” which allow it to maintain context and make judgments as situations change; “tool-use integration,” which connects navigation, object manipulation, and interaction capabilities; “gesture understanding,” which enables it to recognize and respond to people’s gestures; and “physical movement,” which allows it to move smoothly and flexibly in a defined environment.

Ludo Robotics is also developing “Rudi 1.0,” a next-generation foundation model. Rudi 1.0 aims to integrate environmental perception, conversation, and physical actions into a single model. It focuses on enabling robots to share their understanding of a task with people while communicating and acting in real time.

“For nearly 20 years, Krafton has been creating virtual worlds where people interact in real time through games,” said Kim Changhan, Krafton CEO and CEO of Ludo Robotics. “Building on this experience, we will develop AI for robots that communicate and collaborate naturally with people in the real world.”

Meanwhile, Ludo Robotics officially opened its research lab in Palo Alto, California. The Palo Alto lab is Ludo Robotics’ main research hub and will conduct AI and robotics research alongside its Seoul office. Ludo Robotics also plans to expand its engagement with the talent and technology ecosystem in Silicon Valley.

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