From June 30 to July 1, “The 1st Joint Robotics Workshop (Saudi Arabia ? Korea)” was held for two days at the Dept. of Industrial Design, KAIST. Professors and researchers at KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology), Hanool Robotics Corp., Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, and Dept. of Industrial Design, KAIST participated in this workshop. They presented and discussed about robotic technologies and robot design factors for developing rescue robots.