Ministry of Industry Launches Advanced Robot Economy Task Force
Established on 50,000-Pyeong Site in Dalseong-gun, Daegu
On the 21st, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held the first meeting of the 'Advanced Robot Economy Task Force (TF)' chaired by First Vice Minister Kang Kyung-sung at the 6th floor conference room of the Seoul Trade Insurance Corporation, and announced that it has begun full-scale implementation of follow-up measures to the 'Advanced Robot Industry Vision and Strategy' announced last December, including the establishment of the National Robot Test Field.
The Advanced Robot Economy TF is composed of two subcommittees and 37 experts from industry, academia, and research institutes, with First Vice Minister Kang Kyung-sung as the chairman. It plans to discuss implementation plans for fostering the advanced robot industry, including technology development, workforce training, dissemination, and institutional improvement.
In particular, the TF announced the execution plan for the National Robot Test Field, which will serve as the core function for demonstration and commercialization of the robot industry. Approximately 200 billion KRW will be invested to develop the site in Dalseong-gun, Daegu City, covering an area of 166,973㎡ (about 50,509 pyeong), with full-scale construction starting this year. The National Robot Test Field is scheduled to begin pilot operation in 2027.
Bird's-eye view of the National Robot Test Field
On the same day, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (policy support), Daegu City (site acquisition and permit support), Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (execution management), and Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency (overall project management and infrastructure construction) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish an inter-agency collaboration system for the successful development of the National Robot Test Field infrastructure.
Besides the National Robot Test Field, the TF held presentations and discussions on the advanced robot technology development roadmap, the 2024 regulatory innovation achievements and plans, and the promotion direction for the dissemination of advanced robots.
The advanced robot technology development roadmap, developed through discussions with robot experts, presented 67 core technologies across five fields: manufacturing robots, service robots, platforms, components, and software.
Meanwhile, of the 51 tasks in the advanced robot regulatory innovation plan announced last March, 20 have been completed. This year, the TF aims to rapidly improve and complete more than 20 tasks, including the establishment and revision of guidelines for the introduction of patrol robots and quarantine robots, while continuously discovering new regulatory improvement tasks.
In discussions on the promotion direction for the dissemination of advanced robots, the government's role in expanding robot distribution in public and private sectors and regional dissemination strategies such as creating robot streets were presented. The agenda discussed on this day will be submitted to and finalized by the Robot Industry Policy Deliberation Committee (Chairman: Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy) as soon as it is concretized.
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