Pukyong National University and Korea Robot Convergence Institute Open 'Busan Robot Research Center'

President Jang Young-su (left of the plaque) and Director Yeo Jun-gu (right of the plaque) are taking a commemorative photo after the opening ceremony.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Pukyong National University and the Korea Institute of Robot Industry Convergence (KIRO) held the opening ceremony of the ‘KIRO URI-Lab. Busan (Busan Robot Research Center)’ on the 26th and have begun full-scale operations.

Pukyong National University and KIRO established the ‘URI-Lab. Busan,’ KIRO’s Busan Robot Research Center, at Pukyong National University to cultivate specialized personnel in the robot industry, expand industry-academia-research cooperation, and foster the Busan robot industry.

After signing an agreement with Busan City in 2017, KIRO operated the Busan Robot Joint Research Laboratory as a regional office in Busan, then expanded it into a Busan Center with both office and laboratory facilities and relocated it to Pukyong National University.

Participating in the Ministry of Education’s Intelligent Robot Field Innovation Sharing University project, Pukyong National University and KIRO, following last year’s agreement for education and research cooperation, will strengthen collaboration such as joint research in the robot field starting from the center’s opening.

Professors and researchers from Pukyong National University and KIRO have been conducting joint research in various fields including marine and fisheries robots, logistics, and field robots.

They are also cooperating on various projects such as jointly developing and operating educational programs in robot automation, dispatching robot automation education experts, and conducting joint education for talent cultivation.

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