Pohang City Participates in AI EXPO KOREA 2026... All-Out Efforts to Attract "Gyeongbuk Robot Specialized Complex"

Operating the "Gyeongbuk Robot Specialized Complex Promotion Center" at COEX Seoul,
Highlighting Pohang's Justification for Attraction

Securing 933 Companies and KRW 1.4 Trillion Investment within the Specialized Complex,
Emphasizing the Hub for Manufacturing AX Innovation

Establishing the "K-Robot Mega Cluster" Connecting Pohang and Gumi...
All-Out Efforts for Specialized Complex Designation

Pohang City is participating in "AI EXPO KOREA 2026 (International Artificial Intelligence Exhibition)" held at COEX in Seoul from May 6 to 8, where it will jointly operate the "Gyeongbuk Robot Specialized Complex Attraction Promotion Center" with Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and Gumi City. The city has launched external promotional activities aimed at designating the "Manufacturing AX Innovation Gyeongbuk Humanoid Robot Specialized Complex."

AI EXPO KOREA is Asia's largest B2B exhibition specializing in artificial intelligence, serving as a leading platform for sharing industrial applications of AI technology. Celebrating its 9th edition this year, the exhibition is expected to bring together 236 companies from 18 countries and approximately 40,000 participants.

From the 6th to the 8th, Pohang City, together with Gumi City, will operate the "Gyeongbuk Robot Specialized Complex Promotion Center" at COEX in Seoul. Provided by Pohang City

Through the operation of this promotion center, Pohang City intends to showcase its capabilities in manufacturing innovation based on the convergence of robotics and AI, and to intensively highlight the legitimacy of attracting the Gyeongbuk Robot Specialized Complex.

The promotion center will emphasize Pohang's position as a core hub for the humanoid robot specialized complex, focusing on the "industry-academia-government collaboration model," in which industry, research institutions, and local governments work together organically.

In particular, the center will comprehensively introduce the robot industry ecosystem formed around leading companies such as Neuromeka and POSCO DX, as well as Korea's top-tier R&D infrastructure, including the Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence (KIRO), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), and the Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST).

The proposed "Gyeongbuk Robot Specialized Complex" currently under attraction efforts has already secured plans for private investment totaling 1.3888 trillion won from 933 related companies.

Pohang's demonstration infrastructure, centered on the Yeongilman General Industrial Complex, the Blue Valley National Industrial Complex, and the Small but Strong Research and Development Zone, is being combined with Gumi's manufacturing capabilities to complete the "K-Robot Value Chain," the core driving force for the AI transformation (AX) of Korea's manufacturing sector.

Upon designation as a specialized complex, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Pohang City, and Gumi City plan to achieve tangible outcomes, including: strengthening the next-generation humanoid robot ecosystem; implementing four major strategic initiatives such as establishing autonomous innovation systems for robots; developing more than 30 types of robot products; fostering over 150 companies; and training more than 3,070 specialized professionals in robotics.

Lee Sangyeop, Director-General for Jobs and Economy at Pohang City, stated, "Pohang is a city with a robot industry ecosystem organically consolidated by research institutions, universities, and companies. Through attracting this specialized complex, we will innovate traditional manufacturing sites with AI, dramatically enhance industrial safety by replacing high-risk processes with robots, and foster Pohang as a global hub for robot foundries."

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