South Korea Physical AI News Round Up
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South Korea’s physical AI sector saw significant developments this week, highlighted by advancements in on-device robotics chips and cobot sensing technologies. Semifive and Mobilint advanced an outdoor robotics AI chip project under the K-On-Device AI Semiconductor program, targeting agricultural machinery with Samsung 4 nm technology. In the cobot space, Aidin Robotics joined a Doosan-led government program to develop advanced grippers with tactile sensors for logistics and manufacturing. Major industrial players also formed strategic partnerships, with Hanwha Ocean signing an MoU with KIRO for shipbuilding automation and Hyundai Motor Group collaborating with Korea Expressway Corp. on infrastructure maintenance robots. Additionally, SKPack secured a $7.2 million grant to lead a multi-agent autonomous-manufacturing R&D project involving international university partners. The modular robotics firm Brills made headlines by raising approximately $17 million through its KOSDAQ IPO, seeing its stock jump over 135% on its debut. These events collectively underscore South Korea's aggressive push into humanoid robots, autonomous systems, and industrial AI integration.
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