T-Robotics to Lead 4.5 Billion Won National Project Demonstrating AI Humanoids in Major Manufacturing Lines

T-Robotics has teamed up with a major domestic display corporation and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to develop technologies for applying artificial intelligence (AI)-based mobile humanoid robots to manufacturing sites. The company has been selected as the lead organization for a national project worth approximately 4.5 billion won, and it plans to verify the technology on actual display production lines and pursue commercialization.

T-Robotics announced on September 29, 2026, that it has been selected as the lead organization for the “Humanoid Robot AI Transformation (AX) Technology Development for the Robot Industry Technology Development” project, part of the industrial technology innovation initiative by the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT). The project will run through December 2030, with about 4.5 billion won in government funding expected to be invested.

The mobile humanoid robot developed under this initiative aims to autonomously perform tasks while moving around in display manufacturing environments, where high-precision work is required. T-Robotics will develop integrated control technologies that enable the robot to recognize manufacturing processes and surrounding environments, make decisions, and carry out appropriate movements and tasks accordingly.

A key feature of the project is that it will not stop at lab-level development but will conduct demonstration testing from the development phase onward at the manufacturing sites of client companies. The developed humanoids are expected to be gradually introduced into key display manufacturing processes over the next five years. Through field demonstrations, the company intends to verify the technological maturity and applicability, ultimately linking them to commercialization.

T-Robotics is utilizing the precision control and drive technologies acquired from its vacuum robot and autonomous mobile robot (AMR) operations in the development of humanoids. Based on these capabilities, T-Robotics has independently developed the industrial humanoid “TR-WORKS,” and is further advancing the robots by combining drive and control technologies with AI, enabling autonomous movement and task execution within manufacturing processes.

Through this project, T-Robotics is expanding the technical expertise it has accumulated from existing robotics businesses into the AI-based humanoid sector. The company is particularly focusing on securing advanced integrated control technologies that allow not only precise movement and task completion required in manufacturing settings, but also autonomous recognition of the process environment and context-dependent decision-making.

A T-Robotics representative commented, “By combining the precision control and mobility technologies we have secured in industrial robot and AMR fields with AI, we are developing humanoid robots capable of operating in real-world manufacturing environments,” adding, “We will verify our technology on display production lines and commercialize it to achieve tangible revenue.”

Through this national project, T-Robotics aims to advance key technologies for mobile humanoids and secure real-world application cases in manufacturing environments, thereby laying the groundwork for the commercialization of industrial humanoid robot operations.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.