The Presidential National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee visited Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) to conduct an on-site inspection of manufacturing innovation based on Physical AI. The JBNU Physical AI Demonstration Lab, which has attracted attention following recent visits by President Lee Jae‑myung and other senior government officials, is solidifying its position as a key hub for implementing national AI policy.

JBNU said the Presidential National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee (hereinafter the "Strategy Committee") visited the university on April 15 to inspect the "Physical AI Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Lab" and discuss strategies to expand manufacturing AX (AI transformation).

The visit was an on‑site inspection carried out as part of efforts to establish the "AX Innovation Belt Based on Five Centers and Three Specialties," a core task of the National AI Action Plan. The inspection aimed to strengthen policy implementation to develop Jeonbuk as a manufacturing AX hub centered on Physical AI.

In particular, the JBNU Physical AI Demonstration Lab, which President Lee Jae‑myung visited in person, is seen as a symbolic example demonstrating the potential for regional industrial transformation through AI applied to real manufacturing processes. The President emphasized that AI should be used to overcome structural limitations in regional industries and made clear the need to develop hubs for manufacturing AX (AI transformation). Deputy Prime Minister Bae Gyeong‑hun and Minister Jeong Dong‑young also visited the demonstration lab in succession to inspect the site, characterizing JBNU as "the starting point and diffusion hub of Physical AI manufacturing innovation." These consecutive visits by the nation’s highest decision‑making level demonstrate that the JBNU Physical AI Demonstration Lab has become more than a research facility; it is now a core platform for policy experimentation and industrial dissemination.

As the lead institution for the proof‑of‑concept (PoC) project for Physical AI, JBNU is verifying the effectiveness of the technology by building demonstration labs and applying them in the manufacturing and logistics sectors. Major industry–university–research participants in the project include KAIST, Sungkyunkwan University, Hyundai Motor Company, Naver, SK Telecom, Ribelion, Jeonbuk Technopark, and CAMTIC Comprehensive Technology Institute, forming a large‑scale cooperative ecosystem.

On the day of the visit, the Strategy Committee observed demonstrations of core technologies at the manufacturing technology demonstration lab, including Physical AI‑based process automation, heterogeneous robot collaboration, and precision task data collection. The committee focused its inspection on the feasibility of applying these technologies in actual manufacturing sites and strategies for industrial dissemination.

At an on‑site roundtable, participants concentrated on policy tasks such as institutional reforms to accelerate AI adoption by manufacturing firms, systems for training specialized personnel, expansion of data and infrastructure, and the direction for advancing the main Physical AI project.

Im Mun‑young, Vice‑Chair of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee, stated, "Jeonbuk National University is a national core hub that combines Physical AI demonstration with talent cultivation. Based on on‑site demonstration outcomes, we will develop Jeonbuk into a leading region for manufacturing AX."

Yang Oh‑bong, President of JBNU, emphasized, "JBNU is building an innovation ecosystem for Physical AI in which education, research, and industry are organically connected around the demonstration lab. Taking this visit as an opportunity, we will complete a national model that progresses from demonstration to industrial diffusion."

Kim Sun‑tae, Director of the Physical AI Convergence Technology Project Group and a professor in the Department of Software Engineering at JBNU, said, "We have already confirmed applicability in manufacturing sites through the PoC project. In the main project, we will implement a factory‑level integrated operation platform and collaboration‑intelligence‑based robotic systems to establish an operational AX model."

The Strategy Committee and JBNU plan to strengthen cooperation to promote the dissemination of manufacturing AX based on Physical AI as a result of this visit, and to accelerate the development of a national manufacturing innovation ecosystem centered on Jeonbuk along with systems for training talent.