Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung-ryul) is seeing the fruits of its efforts to strengthen its competitiveness in the field of AI in preparation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The university's Software Convergence College (Dean Hwang Seon-tae) has been selected as the final recipient of the “2025 AI Fellowship Support Program,” a large-scale government initiative aimed at cultivating world-class AI talent, supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Information and Communications Planning and Evaluation Institute.

With this selection, Kookmin University will receive 2 billion won in research funding annually for approximately six years from April 2025 to December 2030. With the government's continued large-scale support, Kookmin University plans to embark on the development of core AI technologies and the cultivation of talent in earnest.

Kookmin University aims to “solve leading problems and cultivate talent in embodied AI specializing in multimodal-based robots.” The project aims to develop advanced AI technologies that enable robots to process various forms of information such as vision, language, and touch simultaneously, and to autonomously learn in an integrated platform connecting the virtual and real worlds. Through this, the university seeks to establish the foundation for next-generation universal AI robots capable of actively responding to critical tasks, as well as embodied AI technology that endows robots with human-like intelligence and sensory capabilities in general situations.

Major companies from the industry are also participating in this project to strengthen industry-academia collaboration. In particular, domestic and international institutions such as Vibe Company, a big data and ultra-large AI specialist; Rainbow Robotics, a robot manufacturing company; and KRM (Ghost Robotics), a robot innovation company, will conduct joint research with Kookmin University and collaborate on technology exchange and talent cultivation.

Professor Lee Jae-goo of the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Kookmin University (Principal Investigator) stated, “We will strengthen Kookmin University's creative and challenging research and education to cultivate top-tier talent that will lead the future of AI and robotics.” He added, “By nurturing multidisciplinary AI talent that meets the demands of the industrial field, we aim to contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic industry.”