
KAIST will hold the 'Physical AI Korea 2026' event at its headquarters in Daejeon on the 13th and announce its vision to foster it as a future industry by announcing physical AI platform technology applicable to robots, self-driving cars, etc. and research, education, and start-up strategies.
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KAIST has traditionally been strong in the field of robotics research, and through this event, it is revealing its strategy to expand the convergence of robots and artificial intelligence to the overall industry by presenting a new concept called physical AI.
‘Feel, move and judge together’… Presentation of sensory, motor, and swarm intelligence systems
(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-ho = The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) declares its vision to grow 'Physical AI', an artificial intelligence that directly moves devices such as robots and self-driving cars, into technologies used in various industries and daily life and grow it into Korea's future industry.
According to KAIST on the 11th, 'Physical AI Korea 2026', which will be held at the KI Building in Daejeon on the 13th, will announce physical AI platform technology and research, education, and start-up strategies that can be applied to not only manufacturing, but also medical, defense, logistics, and daily life, and that can be utilized by various companies.
The event begins with a video showing the progress of KAIST robotics research and an introduction to global physical AI technology trends. This will be followed by a demonstration of humanoid and robot pilots, and President Bae Chung-sik will declare his vision for building a physical AI industry ecosystem.
Key technologies include actuators that precisely move robots, technology that measures and processes physical data in the real world, data center technology that manages and operates large-scale data, motor intelligence that creates movements on its own, and sensory intelligence that understands the surrounding environment and people.
President Bae plans to connect research capabilities accumulated in the fields of robots, artificial intelligence, sensors, actuators, and data to reveal the technical system of physical AI and areas to focus on in the future.
President Bae plans to personally wear the wearable robot developed by Professor Kyung-cheol Gong's research team and go on stage to demonstrate a case of using physical AI, which analyzes and provides health information based on data obtained from the wearer's movements.
President Bae also plans to reveal a strategy to connect the university's basic technology research with the product development of professor-founded companies to ensure that physical AI platform technology is utilized in various fields.
A KAIST official said, "Based on a solid foundation, KAIST will build the basic technologies necessary for sense, movement, and cooperation between multiple machines to be utilized in various robots and industries."
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
After the Physical AI Korea 2026 event, discussions on cooperation with related companies will become more active.
Likely · Within weeks
The application of physical AI in the healthcare field will receive attention through the demonstration of the wearable robot worn by President Bae Chung-sik.
Possible · Within months

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