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KAIST launched a Deep Tech Scale-up Project with a goal of establishing Robot Vally in Daejeon
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held a kickoff meeting on September 3rd at the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering to announce the launch of the "2025 Deep Tech Scale-up Valley Development Project."
KAIST, having been selected for this project promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Research and the Innopolis Foundation, plans to establish a "Robot Valley" in Daejeon with a project budget of KRW 13.65 billion over 3.5 years.
KAIST aims to focus on nurturing innovative robotics companies based on cutting-edge technologies, while leveraging Daejeon’s excellent research talent and startup-investment ecosystem to create a regional revitalization model.
The project’s goal is to go beyond simple automation machines and develop "Human-Friendly Robots" (HFR) that share space, roles, and emotions with humans.
Leading robotics companies, such as Angel Robotics, founded by Professor Kong Kyoung-chul, and URobotics, founded by Professor Myung Hyun’s research team, will share common technological elements like actuators, circuits, AI, and standard data in an open innovation format. Startups will be supported to focus on developing robotic products tailored to customer demands based on these shared technologies.
The project will be led by key KAIST robotics researchers, including Professors Kong Kyoung-chul and Myung Hyun.
KAIST's Technology Value Creation Center, KAIST Holdings, Global Techno Valley Lab, and the Daejeon Center for Creative Economy a nd Innovation will handle technology commercialization and the development of the valley, while the Daejeon Technopark will support commercialization.
A professor of KAIST stated, "Our goal is to discover and nurture over 15 unicorn companies through the commercialization of deep tech robotics technologies developed at KAIST. We will make every effort to ensure that research outcomes lead to actual industry and entrepreneurship."
KAIST, in collaboration with the city of Daejeon, will establish the "HFR Valley Innovation Council" to share the project’s outcomes.
jyoung@yna.co.kr
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** This article was translated from Korean.
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2025.09.04
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According to Yonhap News,
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held a kickoff meeting on September 3rd at the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering to announce the launch of the "2025 Deep Tech Scale-up Valley Development Project."
KAIST, having been selected for this project promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Research and the Innopolis Foundation, plans to establish a "Robot Valley" in Daejeon with a project budget of KRW 13.65 billion over 3.5 years.
KAIST aims to focus on nurturing innovative robotics companies based on cutting-edge technologies, while leveraging Daejeon’s excellent research talent and startup-investment ecosystem to create a regional revitalization model.
The project’s goal is to go beyond simple automation machines and develop "Human-Friendly Robots" (HFR) that share space, roles, and emotions with humans.
Leading robotics companies, such as Angel Robotics, founded by Professor Kong Kyoung-chul, and URobotics, founded by Professor Myung Hyun’s research team, will share common technological elements like actuators, circuits, AI, and standard data in an open innovation format. Startups will be supported to focus on developing robotic products tailored to customer demands based on these shared technologies.
The project will be led by key KAIST robotics researchers, including Professors Kong Kyoung-chul and Myung Hyun.
KAIST's Technology Value Creation Center, KAIST Holdings, Global Techno Valley Lab, and the Daejeon Center for Creative Economy a nd Innovation will handle technology commercialization and the development of the valley, while the Daejeon Technopark will support commercialization.
A professor of KAIST stated, "Our goal is to discover and nurture over 15 unicorn companies through the commercialization of deep tech robotics technologies developed at KAIST. We will make every effort to ensure that research outcomes lead to actual industry and entrepreneurship."
KAIST, in collaboration with the city of Daejeon, will establish the "HFR Valley Innovation Council" to share the project’s outcomes.
jyoung@yna.co.kr
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Source: Yonhap News (September 3, 2025)
** This article was translated from Korean.