KAIST will hold "Physical AI Korea 2026" on the 13th at the KI Building in its Daejeon main campus.
On the 11th, KAIST announced that it will unveil research, education, and startup strategies for a physical AI platform that various companies can utilize in manufacturing, healthcare, defense, logistics, and daily life on the upcoming 13th.
KAIST President Bae Chung-sik will take the stage wearing a wearable robot developed by a research team led by Professor Gong Kyung-cheol of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Gong is the founder of the wearable robotics company Angel Robotics. The demonstration will showcase an example where the robot analyzes and provides health information based on data obtained from the wearer's movements.
In particular, the event aims to present KAIST's answer to "what common technologies are needed for various robots and industries," going beyond "which robot should be built." The plan is to secure platform technologies that can be commonly used across multiple robots and industries, without limiting the scope of physical AI to humanoids.
Five research teams from KAIST's Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science will participate in the event. These include: a humanoid robot capable of carrying objects weighing 15kg or more (research team led by Professor Park Hae-won, Department of Mechanical Engineering); a human-shaped pilot robot named "Pybot" that operates cockpit devices and performs piloting missions based on flight information (research team led by Professor Shim Hyun-cheol, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); autonomous movement technology that recognizes unfamiliar spaces using cameras and LiDAR to determine its own position and travel route (research team led by Professor Myung Hyeon, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); technology for precisely moving robots by combining motor, sensor, and control technologies (research team led by Professor Bae Hyun-min, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); and a wearable robot that understands the user's movement intent and assists with walking (research team led by Professor Gong Kyung-cheol, Department of Mechanical Engineering).
Anyone interested in physical AI can participate in this event.
President Bae stated, "Based on a solid foundation, we will build foundational technologies necessary for sensing, movement, and the cooperation of multiple machines, so that various robots and industries can utilize them." He added, "We will also nurture the talent and companies that will lead this effort."
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