The project reflects South Korea’s wider ambition to turn its chip industry, manufacturing strength and industrial know-how into an edge in ‘physical AI’. But can it catch up in a field still dominated by the US and China?

Workers at a five-star hotel fold napkins and wipe silverware with body cameras recording their every move.

The government last month announced a $33 million project to capture the “instinctive know-how and skills” of “master technicians” into a database.

The project reflects South Korea’s wider ambition to turn its chip industry, manufacturing strength and industrial know-how into an edge in ‘physical AI’. But can it catch up in a…

Il progetto riflette la più ampia ambizione della Corea del Sud di trasformare industria dei chip, forza manifatturiera e know-how industriale in un vantaggio nella «AI fisica».…