Korea

Bilateral

Contact:

1. Field of cooperation

"AI"

Program Officer

2. Funding Agency of Korean Side

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

3. Related Workshops

4. Calls for Proposals

Month/YearResearch AreasPress Release
Apr. 2025 AI in the Physical World Detail

5. Currently in Cooperation

AI in the Physical World

Period:FY2025 - FY2028

AI in the Physical World
TitleResearch Leader in Japan Research Leader in Korea
Towards Reasoning-Enabled Surgical Robots: Integrating Digital Twins and Real-World Robotics for Cognitive Development
(RESR-CD)
ARATA Jumpei, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyushu University
Junho Choi, Principal Researcher, Bionics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
(until August 2026)
Deukhee LEE, Principal Researcher, Bionics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Integrated Virtual-Physical AI for Ultra-Precision Manufacturing of Advanced Semiconductor Devices
(AISemicon)
HAMAGUCHI Satoshi, Specially Appointed Professor, R³ Institute of Newly-Emerging Science Design, The University of Osaka
Byungjo KIM, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Robot Learning for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration: A Unified Framework Combining Constrained Reinforcement Learning and Formal Verification
(SafeRL-HRC)
MATSUBARA Takamitsu, Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Kwangki KIM, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inha University

6. Finished Projects