Jeonnam Gwangju to Build KRW 16.4 Billion Humanoid Manufacturing Hub, Support Parts Makers’ Transition
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Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City held a kickoff briefing for the "Physical AI-based Humanoid Manufacturing Innovation Center Construction Project," supporting automobile and home appliance parts makers as they transition into the humanoid industry.
The project will proceed in line with selection for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s "2026 3rd Industrial Innovation Infrastructure Construction Project," with a total investment of KRW 16.4 billion over five years from this year through 2030.
Jeonnam Gwangju plans to expand local companies’ existing products, such as motors, controllers, and sensors, into core humanoid parts and modules, while building a support system for performance evaluation, AI technology verification, demonstration, and commercialization.
Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City has begun building a physical AI manufacturing base by promoting support for automobile and home appliance parts makers as they transition into the humanoid industry. Jeonnam Gwangju plans to expand motors, controllers, and sensors, technologies already held by the local manufacturing sector, into core humanoid parts and modules.
Jeonnam Gwangju held a kickoff briefing for the "Physical AI-based Humanoid Manufacturing Innovation Center Construction Project" and announced the start of the project. The project will proceed after being selected in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s "2026 3rd Industrial Innovation Infrastructure Construction Project" call for proposals.
The project will run from this year through 2030, over five years, with a total investment of KRW 16.4 billion. The funding will consist of KRW 10 billion in national funds, KRW 4.5 billion in local funds, and KRW 1.9 billion in private in-kind contributions.
The Manufacturing Innovation Center will target core humanoid parts for use in living environments. Areas of use include care, welfare, rehabilitation, medical services, home life, housing, commercial services, and public services.
Through the Manufacturing Innovation Center, Jeonnam Gwangju will support performance evaluation, AI technology, and quality verification for core parts, and build a support system that extends from performance evaluation and AI technology verification to demonstration and commercialization.
Jeonnam Gwangju plans to make use of the existing infrastructure at the Advanced Industrial Complex Healthcare Robot Demonstration Center. Based on that, it will push ahead with building performance evaluation equipment for humanoid drive parts used in living environments, and it also plans to build nine types of specialized verification and demonstration equipment, including a joint durability evaluation system.
Along with equipment construction, Jeonnam Gwangju will also provide support for prototype production, technical consulting, demonstration dataset building and operations, domestic and international standardization responses, and market development. Through this, it is planning to establish a support system linking humanoid parts development with performance and quality verification, demonstration, and commercialization.
Jeonnam Gwangju has also set a policy to link the humanoid industry with its existing automobile and home appliance industrial base. Local companies’ existing products include motors, controllers, and sensors, and the city plans to support these companies in expanding into the humanoid parts and modules market.
The core parts targeted for support are motors, reducers, controllers, actuators, encoders, torque sensors, and IMU sensors. The modules targeted for support are AI controllers, AI-equipped actuators and sensors, hands, and grippers.
The project involves Gwangju Technopark, the Artificial Intelligence Industry Convergence Agency, the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence, Bucheon Technopark, and the Korea Photonics Technology Institute Promotion Association. These organizations will be responsible for technical guidance, prototype production, and support for developing AI and software (SW) services.
Jeonnam Gwangju said it will fully begin supporting the commercialization of humanoid core parts and modules for local companies after going through the beneficiary selection process.
Lee Dong-hyeon, head of the Future Vehicle Industry Division of Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City, said the city would secure a foundation to lead the physical AI and humanoid industries through the construction of the Humanoid Manufacturing Innovation Center. He added that the city would also support local parts and module companies in securing technological competitiveness and entering the humanoid commercialization market.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406240
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