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We spent three days, from 19 to 21 November, at the 2025 Korea Local Era Expo held at the Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center.
We’re sharing the story of those three days showcasing Physical AI at the Gyeonggi Province Pavilion. 🙌
What is the 2025 Korea Local Era Expo?
Now in its fourth year, the Korea Local Era Expo is the largest regional policy exhibition in the country. Under the slogan ‘K-BALANCE 2025’, 17 cities and provinces and 47 organisations came together in one place.
Co-hosted by the Presidential Committee on Local Era, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Ulsan Metropolitan City, this event showcased each region’s policy achievements and vision for the future, centred on the national balanced growth strategy of five hubs and three special regions.
More than 60,000 people visited over the three days, and Ulsan began actively promoting its vision of becoming an ‘AI capital’.
While 17 cities and provinces set up exhibition halls by region, we at Clevi took our place at the Gyeonggi Province Pavilion.
We took part as part of the exhibition of Gyeonggi Province’s advanced industries and AI technology, and after finishing the booth set-up, we couldn’t help feeling excited.
We were half excited and half concerned about how many people would take an interest in Physical AI.
The Hottest Corner Over Three Days — An Event to Interact with the Robot
Follow the Movements
When a visitor made a movement, the robot copied it in real time. It was the most intuitive way to demonstrate teleoperation technology.
At first, some visitors cautiously waved only their hands, but they gradually became more daring, with some making movements with their whole bodies. It was impressive to see entire families taking turns to try it out.
Rock-Paper-Scissors Challenge
This event involved playing rock-paper-scissors one-to-one against the robot, and it was far more popular than expected.
Visitors could experience first-hand how the AI recognised and assessed the shape of their hand using a camera. We saw many people say, “Just one more round!” after losing several times in a row, and there were also several occasions when applause broke out around the winners.
"So what is this used for?"
Physical AI is a technology that brings AI, which had remained in the digital domain, into contact with the physical world.
Teleoperation enables robots to reproduce human movements exactly, while on-device AI can be thought of as a compact AI brain built into the robot itself.
In practice, it can be used in areas such as hazardous work environments, manufacturing sites and disaster response.
There was also a question: "Isn't this going to take people's jobs?" Our answer was:
"This technology is not about replacing people; it is about protecting them."
From elderly visitors speaking to the robots, to people queuing to take selfies, and those surprised to discover that "this kind of technology is coming from Gyeonggi Province" — we spent three meaningful days showcasing Physical AI in person at an event attended by 60,000 people, receiving unexpected business enquiries and enjoying a wide range of attractions, including the Ulsan Pavilion's "Ulsan, the AI capital" exhibition and the 5 Poles, 3 Specialties food event.
Looking forward to our next meeting
Thank you to everyone who visited the Gyeonggi Province Pavilion booth.
You can meet Clevi again at the Engineering Festival taking place next week in Magok, Seoul. This time, we plan to showcase Coding Agent alongside Physical AI.
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