KARLA MURTHY:

Hyundai means "modernity," and it's is a big name in the South Korean economic landscape – and not only for cars.

Headquartered in the industrialized port city of Ulsan, Hyundai Heavy Industries, or HHI, is the world's largest shipbuilder. It produces engines and construction equipment.

HHI is also a leader in making industrial robots.

Hyun-kyu Lim is a head researcher at HHI's robot research institute. This is where they test robots used to assemble cars. He showed me an example of what robot technology looked like ten years ago: