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KT announced on the 17th that it will participate as a joint research institutional investor in the Ministry of Science and ICT's project titled "Development of AI-based Dark Factory Design and Construction Solutions."
The project is part of the "Creation of an R&D Ecosystem for Collaborative Intelligence Physical AI-based SW Platforms." The goal is to implement a dark factory that applies AI technology across all manufacturing processes near the Jeonbuk Innovation City, minimizing human intervention and enabling 24-hour operations.
Participating in the research are KT, KAIST, LG Energy Solution, Harim Industrial, Shinsei Enge, and the Korea Productivity Center. The plan is to verify Physical AI technology by linking actual manufacturing sites with AI communication infrastructure.
The core area assigned to KT is "Modular Edge AIDC." This involves installing small-scale, distributed AI data centers, pre-fabricated for factories, close to industrial sites to process AI computations. Additionally, the team will develop a system to create and verify synthetic data based on 'Sim-Ready,' a digital data asset usable in virtual environments, as well as an integrated operation environment for AI agents.
In particular, the focus is on reducing errors that may occur during the process of applying AI agents trained in simulations to actual factories. Through this, the plan is also to secure infrastructure and control technologies necessary for stable unmanned factory operations.
KT plans to commercialize the technology acquired during the demonstration phase into Physical AI solutions tailored to the characteristics of each manufacturing sector. Leveraging its global AX business experience and corporate partnerships, the company intends to expand its business scope into the overseas manufacturing AI market in the future.
Park Jae-hyung, President of KT's AX Future Technology Institute, stated, "With this Physical AI project, which brings together the government, local governments, and key industry-academia-research institutional investors, we will accelerate the development of core infrastructure and operation platforms for dark factory commercialization." He added, "Based on KT's technological capabilities, we will take the lead in driving productivity innovation in South Korea's manufacturing sector and fostering a Physical AI industrial ecosystem."
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