_Regulation · Operational restriction_

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

Canonical ID: `c9512025-b877-4513-82cf-cae31191a6b9`

- **Jurisdiction:** [South Korea](/locations/south-korea.md) (id: `84179297-6783-4778-b888-3c681f25e29b`)
- **Kind:** `operational_restriction`
- **Status (derived):** in_effect
- **Effective:** 2023-11-17

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.

## Sources (4)

1. https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_mobile/viewer.do?hseq=63030&type=part&key=18
2. https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/15651-implemented-bill-amending-intelligent-robot-development-and-promotion-act-bill-no-2116941
3. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20231127/robots-slowly-integrating-into-everyday-life-in-korea
4. https://www.investkorea.org/ik-en/bbs/i-5025/detail.do?ntt_sn=490797

## Status history

- **in_effect** · 2023-11-17 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 5c-2 Asia regs)
    - Korea Intelligent Robots Act 2023 amendment (No. 19412) in force Nov 17, 2023; grants outdoor/sidewalk robots pedestrian status (MOTIE).

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