AI writes student records, robots become teaching tools… The changing scene of the 'future classroom'

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"Even among students of similar levels, it is not easy to differentiate school record books (student records) so that individual activities and competencies are revealed. In actual educational settings, teachers often spend two to three weeks writing student records. Vigos's AI-based student record solution 'Hamaroom' supports the creation of student records based on each student's activities, reducing the burden on teachers' recording tasks." (Vigos official)

The '2026 EduPlus Week Future Education Expo' held at Hall A of COEX in Seoul's Gangnam-gu on the 13th saw participation from over 170 educational companies, institutional investors, and organizations from 15 countries. At this year's venue, ed-tech startups like Vigos that use AI to relieve teachers of repetitive tasks such as teaching, evaluation, and recording drew attention. Solutions integrating 'physical AI,' a next-generation technology, into education also made numerous appearances, signaling changes in the 'future classroom.'

This expo was hosted by MoneyToday and the EduPlus Week Organizing Committee, and organized by Global Biz Market and the Korea Smart Ed-Tech Cooperative. It was supported by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Korea Foundation for Advancement of Science and Creativity, and the National Information Society Agency (NIPA).

Vigos is an ed-tech startup that uses AI to support teachers' student evaluation and recording tasks. Its representative service, 'Hamaroom,' assists in drafting student records based on each student's activities and evaluation content. In particular, it generates records so that different activities and competencies are revealed for each student, reducing the time and burden teachers face when writing student records one by one.

Imparters is an ed-tech startup that uses AI to support everything from teacher lesson planning to student activity management, evaluation, and recording. Its representative service, 'Impact Space,' consolidates functions such as online worksheets, real-time feedback, and individual student evaluations in one place, helping teachers manage student data generated during lessons and reducing the burden of evaluation tasks.

Jeong-gyeong Lim Paek-teo-seu (CEO) stated, "Teachers feel a burden to design and guide inquiry activities tailored to each student's competencies," adding, "Imparters uses AI to support such qualitative evaluations and the design and guidance of inquiry activities for each student."

Some initiatives target not only regular schools but also special education schools as well.

Social venture Peerings, established last year, provides a classroom management solution for special education teachers. It focuses on reducing the burden on special education teachers' lessons and classroom management by offering a single platform that includes automatic schedule creation, student behavior recording using NFC cards, AI-based student analysis, and a classroom store.

Peerings CEO Kim Yoon-jo said, "In special education classes, students from multiple grades attend the same class, so creating individual schedules requires combining them one by one, resulting in significant administrative burdens just for scheduling." He added, "There was no suitable system to record student behavior, so we developed a solution to automate this and allow for simple recording."

As physical AI education has recently spread to middle and high schools, educational robot solutions targeting this trend have also drawn attention.

Neo3D Solution's 'AI Robot Gripper' is an experiential educational tool designed for students to directly control a robot gripper and learn the principles of AI and coding. It connects with Entrée-based coding education, allowing students to directly implement the robot's movements.

RoboRise's 'Ping Pong Robot' is an educational robot platform where users assemble modular cubes to build and code robots in various forms such as cars and robotic arms. Students can control the robot's movements using apps and educational coding programs like Scratch, learning the principles of coding and robot control.

There are also ed-tech startups that have modified industrial robots for the classroom setting. UNDI's '6-Axis Educational Robot Platform' is an educational robot solution that implements a scaled-down version of actual industrial automation processes. Students practice directly controlling collaborative robots and replacing the tools used by robots according to workpieces, learning the principles of industrial automation processes where multiple robot systems are interconnected and system integration (SI).

An UNDI official said, "As interest in physical AI has recently increased in educational settings, demand for educational robots is also rising." He added, "Robot education, which was previously centered on universities or specialized educational institutions, is now expanding to middle and high school classrooms."

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