A group of local researchers has developed a robot that can read and pronounce the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, based on the phonetic values of the language.

The "HangulBot" was developed by a research team led by Pohang University of Science and Technology Professor Kwak So-na.

HangulBot won the “Delegate’s Choice” award at the International Conference on Social Robotics after winning 35 percent support. The conference was held in Amsterdam late last month.