LG Electronics has begun discussions to secure technological leadership with industry-academia-research experts in future core technology fields such as 6G, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum, and the space industry.
On the 24th, at the LG Electronics Seocho R&D Campus in Seocho-gu, Seoul, LG Electronics held the "Future 2030 Summit" with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). It is a technology exchange event to share the status of research and development in future technology fields and to discuss future direction by exchanging technology goals, promising technologies, and application and service outlooks.
Since 2022, LG Electronics has held the 6G Grand Summit, a technology exchange event, with KAIST and KRISS. Starting this year, it expanded the topics to include ▲ physical AI ▲ quantum technology (Quantum-X) ▲ space industry technology (Space Tech). The plan is to further strengthen the industry-academia-research collaboration built so far and seize leadership in rapidly changing future technology fields.
At the event, Executive Vice President Kim Byung-hoon, chief technology officer (CTO) of LG Electronics, KAIST President Lee Kwang-hyung, KRISS Vice President Park Yeon-gyu, and Science and ICT Ministry Office for Science, Technology and Innovation Head Park In-kyu delivered welcome and congratulatory remarks. In addition, national government-funded research institute experts and academia experts, including Cho Dong-ho and KAIST Professor Hong Sung-chul, who serve as former and current heads of the LG Electronics-KAIST 6G Research Center, attended in large numbers to give technology presentations and hold exhibitions and demonstrations.
KAIST Professor Jang Young-jae and Masahiro Horibe of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) delivered keynote speeches on building a manufacturing industry ecosystem through physical AI and on Japan's quantum strategy and ecosystem building.
Various future technology demonstrations were also held. LG Electronics unveiled ▲ a new 6G FDR (full duplex radio, full-duplex mobile) solution that can maximize frequency efficiency ▲ a solution that uses P5G communication technology to precisely control numerous robots in a smart factory in real time without interruption ▲ a next-generation voice communication solution that enables voice calls even in areas with poor network connectivity, such as deserts and mountainous regions, by using a non-terrestrial network (IoT-NTN) operated outside the atmosphere, such as on satellites.
Alongside this, demonstrations by KAIST and KRISS of ▲ AI Semiconductor-based robots ▲ a robot-based 6G wireless radio wave measurement system and spatial multi-mode transceiver ▲ exhibitions of software solutions for quantum computers and Quantum Computing materials development also drew interest.
Starting with the establishment in 2019 of Korea's first 6G industry-academia research center, the "LG Electronics-KAIST 6G Research Center," LG Electronics has built a cooperation belt with domestic and overseas universities and research institutes to secure fundamental 6G technologies. Based on this, the company plans to apply 6G technologies—capable of immersive, lifelike content transmission and combining communications with AI and sensing—to various fields being fostered as future growth engines, such as AI home, mobility, and smart factories.
Leveraging advanced R&D capabilities in the humanoid field being carried out with the LG AI Research Institute and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), LG Electronics is accelerating technology development in physical AI fields such as robots and autonomous vehicles. In addition, the company is mounting an antenna for a communications module on the fifth launch of Nuri scheduled for next year, and is also working to secure technological capabilities and explore business opportunities in the space industry.