"Let's Develop Robots as Daegu's Key Industry"... Kim Won-gyu, Daegu City Council Member, Leads Ordinance Proposal

Daegu City Council member Kim Won-kyu (People Power Party·Dalseong-gun 2) announced on the 7th that he has taken the lead in proposing the "Ordinance on the Promotion and Support of the Robot Industry in Daegu Metropolitan City" at the 307th extraordinary session to establish an institutional foundation for the continuous growth of the robot industry.

According to the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), due to the rapid growth of the global robot market, the size of the robot industry is expected to reach 74.1 billion dollars by 2026. The government also announced the "Vision and Strategy for the Advanced Robot Industry" in 2023 and plans to invest more than 3 trillion won through public-private cooperation by 2030 to strengthen competitiveness in various areas such as technology, workforce, and enterprises.

Daegu City Council Member Kim Won-gyu

Daegu proactively attracted the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement in 2010 to foster the robot industry and is focusing on establishing a foundation for the robot industry by building robot-related infrastructure such as the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) to enable research and professional workforce training within the Daegu region.

In addition, the National Robot Test Field project, which passed the preliminary feasibility study last year, will be actively promoted starting from April this year.

Daegu City Council member Kim Won-kyu stated, "For Daegu to successfully carry out the National Robot Test Field project and establish itself as a global robot innovation city, it is essential to prepare an institutional basis that can systematically support the robot industry," explaining the purpose of enacting the ordinance.

The proposed ordinance includes contents related to establishing a basic plan for fostering and supporting the robot industry, conducting surveys for the establishment and implementation of the basic plan, promoting and supporting technology development for fostering the robot industry, training professional personnel, holding forums, supporting projects such as cluster formation, and building cooperative systems with academia, research institutes, and industries.

Council member Kim said, "For local robot companies to cooperate with each other and maximize synergy effects, full support from Daegu City is essential," adding, "Based on the enactment of this ordinance, I hope to grow robots into a key local industry and further acquire competitiveness to gain an advantage in the global robot market."

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