South Korean AI robotics company XYZ is taking part in a KRW 4 billion project to develop an open-source, full-body humanoid robot platform, iRobotNews reports. The project, part of the trade and industry ministry's robot technology programme, is a joint effort by Robotis, XYZ, Kwangwoon University and POSTECH, with the Korea Planning & Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology as the managing agency.
XYZ will collect data for reinforcement learning of walking and imitation learning of manipulation, and will spread the use of the platform to widen South Korea's research base in physical AI.
