Two humanoid robots sporting gloves are buying and selling punches. This demonstration was performed by Roas, a robotic distribution firm. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
Upon getting into the exhibition corridor at KINTEX in Ilsan on the afternoon of the twenty fourth, sharp metallic and mechanical sounds crammed the air. Following the noise led to 2 humanoid robots buying and selling punches whereas sporting gloves. Cheers and applause erupted as one robotic, even after taking a punch, regained its stability and raised its guard once more. It was as if a scene from director Shawn Levy’s film ‘Real Steel,’ the place robots take the place of people within the boxing ring, had been delivered to life within the exhibition corridor. It was a second the place ‘creativeness turns into actuality,’ similar to the slogan of the 2026 Korea Science Festival.
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), together with the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), kicked off the ‘2026 Korea Science Festival’ at KINTEX in Ilsan on the twenty fourth. Following final 12 months’s format, the occasion is built-in with the ‘Korea Science & Technology Fair’ and can run for 3 days till the twenty sixth. The slogan is ‘Imagination, Becomes Reality: A Changed Daily Life, An Approaching Future.’ The opening ceremony was attended by figures together with Koo Hyuk-chae, 1st Vice Minister of Science and ICT; Hong Won-hwa, President of the NRF; Chung Woo-sung, President of KOFAC; and Kim Hyun, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea.
The transformable robotic furnishings exhibited on the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) sales space. It modifications form from a chair to a mini-table, a big eating desk, a storage field, and a cart just by shrinking or increasing. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
In the exhibition space the place government-funded analysis institutes arrange cubicles, what stood out had been the ‘on a regular basis life applied sciences’ that guests might instantly contact and expertise. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, featured its ‘modular robotic furnishings.’ This transformable robotic furnishings is a space-saving know-how that modifications form from a chair to a mini-table, a big eating desk, a storage field, and a cart just by shrinking and increasing.
A mannequin of the ‘Energy Plus Solar House’ developed by the Korea Institute of Energy Research. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
The Okay-Moonshot know-how exhibition corridor was additionally a spotlight. The Okay-Moonshot program is a nationwide mission-oriented analysis and growth (R&D) venture by the MSIT aimed toward securing scientific and technological competitiveness.
Among them, a two-story home mannequin lined in photo voltaic panels on each floor—from the roof and exterior partitions to the sunshades and yard—caught the attention. It was the ‘Energy Plus Solar House’ mannequin, visualizing the next-generation photo voltaic cell know-how of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER). The construction applies varied sorts of photo voltaic cells to a single home in accordance with their objective.
Crystalline silicon photo voltaic cells, which have probably the most secure energy era effectivity, are positioned on the primary era areas just like the roof and the carport (a roof over the parking house). Lightweight and versatile Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin-film photo voltaic cells are used on curved and vertical surfaces akin to the outside partitions and sunshades.
I attempted the digital actuality (VR) hearth escape expertise on the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology sales space. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) ready a digital actuality (VR) hearth escape expertise. In a digital warehouse, a fireplace breaks out, and with visibility obscured by smoke, gentle arrows on the ground information the person towards the exit. The secret’s to show instructions instantly on the ground to make sure visibility even in dense smoke. This is the ‘Smart Evacuation Support System,’ one of many prototypes from KICT’s ongoing R&D venture, ‘Development of Fire Safety and Risk Management Technology for Logistics Facilities.’
A customer places their resist the unreal intelligence (AI) tongue analysis gadget on the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine sales space. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
The Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM) ran a sales space for a synthetic intelligence (AI) tongue analysis expertise. Tongue analysis, or ‘seoljin,’ is a diagnostic methodology in conventional Korean drugs that entails analyzing the tongue to evaluate well being. After getting into their date of delivery, a person locations their face in a tool with a digicam, which captures entrance and facet views of their tongue. An AI then analyzes its shade, form, and coating to output a reference outcome about their well being situation. KIOM has been creating tongue analysis gadgets because the 2010s to quantify and objectify a diagnostic methodology that historically relied on the expertise and visible inspection of medical practitioners.
Automated lab tools from the Synthetic Biology Research Center on the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology is being demonstrated on the sales space. An AI designs the experiment, a robotic arm transfers exact quantities of liquid, cultivates cells, after which harvests the grown cells. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) ready an exhibit that highlighted industry-academia-research cooperation. KRIBB introduced the automated lab tools from its Synthetic Biology Research Center on to the exhibition flooring. They created a ‘bio-manufacturing plant’ that runs 24 hours a day, entrusting life science analysis, beforehand performed by people, to robots and AI.
An AI designs the experiment, then an automatic robotic transfers exact quantities of liquid, cultivates cells, and harvests the grown cells. A KRIBB official on the sales space defined, “Like a semiconductor foundry, we are aiming for a biology lab that operates 24/7, moving from automation to autonomation.”
A mannequin of an plane engine displayed on the joint sales space of the Korea Institute of Materials Science and Hanwha Aerospace. By Lim Jeong-woo, [email protected]
The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) arrange a joint sales space with Hanwha Aerospace. An plane engine mannequin within the middle of the sales space drew consideration. Since plane engines function in high-temperature, high-pressure environments, supplies know-how is as essential as mechanical design. For the hot-section elements which are instantly uncovered to the warmth of the combustion chamber, ‘superalloys’ are used as a substitute of normal metals. KIMS exhibited a prototype of a domestically produced superalloy utilized to the core hot-section elements of plane engines.
The Korea Science Festival is being held at Hall 4 of KINTEX Exhibition Center 1 in Ilsan from April 24-26, following stops at BEXCO in Busan from April 11-12 and the Daejeon Convention Center from April 17-19. The closing occasion will happen at Jeonju University in Jeollabuk-do from October 16-18. Admission is free for everybody. In his welcoming handle, 1st Vice Minister Koo Hyuk-chae said, “We will continue to innovate our science and culture policies so that not only students but all citizens can easily access science anywhere in the country.”
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