Intel, Daim Technology Outline Physical AI, Autonomous Factory Push
At the Intel Robotics Workshop in Seoul on October 14, Intel Korea's Kim Hyun-jun said the chipmaker will back physical AI mass production.
Intel Korea vice president Kim Hyun-jun said Intel will provide a strong engine for commercialization of physical AI, combining its real-time control technology with AI, at the Intel Robotics Workshop held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul on October 14.
Kim said physical AI currently sits at roughly level 1 or level 2 compared with autonomous driving in terms of accumulated data. He added that Intel plans to support physical AI mass production based on TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking) and TCC (Time Coordinated Computing), and that the company runs programs with the government to nurture SMEs and startups and connect them to large companies' infrastructure.
Autonomous factory as the commercialization stage
KAIST professor and Daim Technology CEO Jang Young-jae presented the autonomous factory, or dark factory, as the stage for physical AI commercialization, describing a scenario in which AI detects vibration changes in semiconductor equipment and dispatches robots to check the status. Jang said Daim Technology is discussing such a system with an actual global semiconductor company and plans to build it in the near future.
Jang said factory operations require CPU-heavy workloads such as robot control, task scheduling and large-scale simulation, not only GPUs, and pointed out that current AI solutions assembled project-by-project from different vendors complicate integration and scatter responsibility. Daim Technology's solution is Kairos, a commercial platform spun off from a KAIST robot integrated control platform unveiled in March this year.
The proposed division of roles has Intel providing the CPU and AI computing and edge architecture, Daim Technology handling software, and equipment makers and SI partners handling hardware and on-site deployment.
Kim said autonomous driving started at level 2 and took over 10 years to reach driverless vehicles, and that Intel has been involved with robots for nearly 30 years, with many industrial robots using Intel CPUs. Hyundai Motor Group's Singapore Global Innovation Center (HMGICS) was cited as a case where multiple robot types move parts without conveyor belts and AI manages the whole process, according to techm.kr.
Quick answers
What did Intel say about physical AI at the Seoul workshop?
Intel Korea vice president Kim Hyun-jun said Intel will provide a strong engine for commercialization of physical AI, combining real-time control technology with AI, and plans to support mass production based on TSN and TCC.
What is Daim Technology's Kairos?
Kairos is a commercial robot integrated control platform spun off from a KAIST robot integrated control platform unveiled in March this year.
Where was the Intel Robotics Workshop held?
The workshop was held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul on October 14.