ETRI Takes the Lead in Establishing Physical AI International Standardization Discussion Body under ITU-T
Published2026.09.21 11:31
FG-EAI was established under ITU-T SG21 (Study Group 21) in February of this year, with its starting point being the joint proposal of scope of activities and operational methods to ITU-T by ETRI and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in December of last year.
At this meeting, a detailed organizational structure comprising 9 working groups and 11 focus groups (TG) was established under ETRI's leadership, and a total of 22 new standardization projects were approved.
From ETRI, Dr. Shin-gak Kang was appointed as chair of WG1 'Infrastructure and Terminology,' Honggi Cha (General Manager) as chair of WG6 'Vertical Industrial Applications,' Wook Hyun (Senior Researcher) as chair of TG6.1 'Manufacturing Applications,' and Dr. Shin-gak Kang as Vice-Chair of TG0.3 'Roadmap and Cooperation.'
Professor Sungho Jung from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies took on the role of chair of TG1.2 'Full-Stack AI Framework.'
In particular, WG1, chaired by ETRI, is responsible for establishing basic concepts, terminology, and foundational infrastructure commonly used in the Physical AI field, while WG6 discusses requirements and use cases for Physical AI applications by industrial sector including manufacturing, mobility, logistics, and healthcare.
This achievement has been accomplished through the 'Physical AI Standards Specialized Research Center' project under the 'Information and Communications Broadcasting Standards Development Support' initiative being conducted since April of this year with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation (IITP).
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