AI NewsWaveKAIST to hold Physical AI Korea 2026 on Oct. 13 and unveil industry expansion strategy
Key points
- KAIST hosts Physical AI Korea 2026 at its Daejeon campus on Oct. 13
- Physical AI platform technology for companies to be unveiled
- Research, education and startup strategies also on the agenda
KAIST said on Oct. 11 that it will hold Physical AI Korea 2026 at the KI Building on its main campus in Daejeon on Oct. 13, as reported by Robot Newspaper and Digital Today.
The event aims to take physical AI beyond humanoid demonstrations and expand it into technology used across industries and daily life. According to Robot Newspaper, KAIST will declare a vision of growing physical AI into a future industry for Korea, naming manufacturing, healthcare and defense among its applications.
Digital Today reported that KAIST will present physical AI platform technology that various companies can use, along with strategies for research, education and startups.
iNews24 reported that KAIST President Bae Choong-sik will appear at the event like Iron Man to demonstrate physical AI technology in person.
AI Newspaper (인공지능신문) reported on Oct. 8 that while humanoids are now beating human records in robot competitions and pilot deployments of physical AI have begun in factories, KAIST sees the field reaching well beyond stadiums and a few manufacturing sites.