Ulsan-Jeonnam Gwangju invest KRW 58 billion over 5 years to build a humanoid robot-based automobile manufacturing AI conversion demonstration center
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Ulsan City and Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City announced that they plan to invest a total of 58 billion won from next year to 2031 to build a demonstration center for AI conversion of the automobile manufacturing process using humanoid robots and autonomous mobile robots, and to expand into an AIDF manufacturing innovation project worth 1 trillion won in the future.
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Why It Matters
Ulsan has a finished car production base, and Jeonnam Gwangju has an automobile parts company and an AI/robot-related research and technology base, so the two local governments have been working together for AI transition and manufacturing innovation in the automobile industry.
Establishment of a verification center by investing KRW 58 billion over 5 years starting next year
(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Geun-joo = Ulsan City announced that officials from Jeollanam-do and Gwangju Unified Special City will visit on the 7th to discuss the direction and cooperation plans for the 'Automotive Industry Humanoid Robot (Humanoid)-based Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Conversion (M.AX) Support Project'.
The two local governments have been working together to jointly respond to the automotive industry's artificial intelligence (AI) transition and manufacturing innovation, and will exchange opinions on how to combine their respective industrial bases and strengths during this visit.
The Gwangju, Jeollanam-do delegation plans to visit Hyundai Motor Company's Ulsan electric vehicle (EV) plant this afternoon to directly check changes in the future automobile manufacturing site and direction of technology application.
Ulsan and Jeonnam Gwangju each have a finished car production base, auto parts companies, and AI and robot-related research and technology bases.
The city expects that by linking this, it will be possible to build a hyper-regional cooperation model that will lead to a major transformation in the automobile manufacturing field.
For this purpose, the two local governments will invest a total of 58 billion won (30 billion won in national funds and 28 billion won in local funds) from next year to 2031.
One demonstration center will be established each in Ulsan and Gwangju, Jeollanam-do to gradually promote process diagnosis, virtual model preliminary verification, and on-site verification using humanoid and autonomous mobile robots.
In particular, 9 billion won has already been reflected in the 2027 government budget.
The two local governments plan to cooperate to expand this project into an 'Artificial Intelligence-Based Factory (AIDF) Manufacturing Innovation Project' worth up to 1 trillion won in the future.
A city official said, "The automobile manufacturing industry is changing rapidly due to the development of artificial intelligence and robot technology. During this visit, we will fully share the business direction and actual industrial needs, and materialize joint projects that meet government policies and corporate demands."
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This demonstration center construction project is expected to expand into an AIDF manufacturing innovation project worth up to 1 trillion won in the future.
Likely · Within years
Considering that 9 billion won is reflected in the 2027 government budget, additional government support is expected to continue.
Possible · Within years
Open Questions
- How will the specific location and size of the demonstration center be determined?
- How will the participation method and proportion of private companies be structured in the project implementation process?
- Are there any plans to reflect additional government budget after 2027?
