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A South Korean Startup Captures Workers’ Techniques to Develop AI Brains for Robots
The startup is building a robotics foundation model from hotel, warehouse and retail workers’ techniques, and it expects industrial robots at scale around 2028.
- In Seoul, South Korean startup RLWRLD is capturing the movements of skilled workers, including Lotte Hotel Seoul manager David Park, to build a database of human expertise for training AI-powered robots.
- The government last month announced a $33 million project to capture the "instinctive know-how and skills" of "master technicians," aiming to boost productivity and offset South Korea's aging workforce.
- Engineers use VR headsets and motion-tracking gloves to convert worker footage into machine-readable data, expanding the system beyond hotel staff to include employees at Japanese convenience store chain Lawson.
- Samsung Electronics plans to convert manufacturing sites into "AI-driven factories" by 2030, while Hyundai Motor will introduce Boston Dynamics humanoids at its Georgia plant by 2028.
- While Trade Unions warn that robots could trigger an "employment shock," President Lee Jae Myung rebuked these concerns, describing AI as an unstoppable "massive cart" and urging workers to adapt.
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