TRobotics Participates in KAIST "KAIROS" Project... Validates Physical AI Factory Automation Technology

TRobotics showcased its smart factory technology by participating in KAIST's artificial intelligence (AI) factory integrated operation platform project, "KAIROS."

On March 24, TRobotics announced that it had taken part in KAIROS, the AI factory integrated operation platform established by KAIST, and unveiled its self-developed industrial humanoid "TR-WORKS" and autonomous mobile robot (AMR).

KAIROS is a dark factory testbed specializing in physical AI. A dark factory refers to a fully automated factory operated without human intervention, where production processes are driven by robotics and AI technology. This platform is notable for integrating AMRs, humanoids, and collaborative robots into a single operating system.

On March 23, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyunghoon visited KAIST to announce the national physical AI strategy and revealed the demonstration site utilizing KAIROS. The Ministry of Science and ICT has supported the establishment of a demonstration lab within KAIST's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as part of the physical AI initiative.

In this platform, TRobotics was responsible for AMR-based logistics automation technology. By presenting a solution that combines humanoid-based work processes with logistics automation between production lines using AMRs, the company demonstrated the applicability of its technology in smart factory environments.

The company has also been accelerating the advancement of robot automation technology for manufacturing sites, including pursuing the development of a mobile automation system that combines AMRs and collaborative robots in cooperation with FANUC. Based on these efforts, TRobotics plans to continuously expand the scope of AMR utilization in physical AI-based factory operation environments.

A company official stated, "This demonstration is significant in that it verified AMR-based logistics automation technology in an environment assuming actual manufacturing site application," adding, "We expect that the role of AMRs in integrated operation platforms based on physical AI will become even greater in the future."

Meanwhile, KAIST, together with Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, Jeonbuk National University, and Sungkyunkwan University, has secured a national project for the "Physical AI Core Technology Proof of Concept (PoC)" worth 1 trillion won. Going forward, the plan is to establish a smart factory operation system in connection with the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province AI Transformation (AX) project and to actively promote overseas exports of the "K-Manufacturing Intelligent Factory Package."

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