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| Samsung Research President Cheun Kyung-whoon, left, poses with KAIST Executive Vice President Lee Seung-seob after signing an agreement to foster robotics experts via a recruitment-linked master's course at KAIST in Daejeon, Monday. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics |
By Kim Jae-heun
Samsung Electronics and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) signed an agreement to establish the Samsung Electronics Robotics Talent Training Program at the school's main campus in Daejeon on Monday.
The program aims to foster professionals to lead research and development for the local robotics industry. It is a recruitment-linked master's course and Samsung and KAIST will select 10 scholarship students every year from 2023. They will go through a robotics-related curriculum studying advanced theories and building practical capabilities in the field.
Participants will be sponsored to cover their tuition fees. After acquiring a master's degree, they will automatically be recruited at Samsung Electronics. Students will also be provided with field training as well as opportunities to attend robotics conferences and overseas exhibitions.
"In line with the rapidly growing robotics market, we have established a new program to foster robotics specialists. We will actively support them to develop robotics as our new growth engine," said Cheun Kyung-whoon, president of Samsung Research.
"The importance of robot-related technologies has recently been attracting attention and they are developing rapidly. Through our cooperation with Samsung Electronics, we plan to secure a future growth engine and pioneer new trends in the field," KAIST Provost and Executive Vice President Lee Seung-seob said.
The use of robots is expected to continue increasing amid ongoing structural social changes. The future robotics industry will require technologies that combine robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and manufacturing capabilities.
Samsung Electronics is striving to accumulate and improve diverse technologies in the field of robotics. The company also plans to focus more on securing core technologies based on fostering experts in robotics.
At the same time, the IT firm continues to cultivate specialists in its key business areas such as AI, next-generation communication and semiconductors.
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