Manufacturing Innovation Powered by Agentic AI and Physical AI β€” Tony Jang, FactoryLab.AI & AI Summit Seoul & Expo 2026

Manufacturing Innovation Powered by Agentic AI and Physical AI: Dark Factory Transformation through Digital Twin, Humanoids, and RX

Session Overview

The expansion from Digital Twin to Physical AI is transforming industrial operations, enabling intelligent and autonomous process control. Humanoids and RX technologies are redefining human-machine collaboration, while Ontology, LLM, and GraphRAG drive Industrial AI beyond automation into contextual intelligence. This evolution leads us from smart factories to fully autonomous dark factories, shaping the future framework of manufacturing innovation.

Key Themes

  • Agentic AI for intelligent process and MFG device/facility control.
  • Digital Twin integration for autonomous operations.
  • Humanoids and RX enabling human-machine collaboration.
  • Ontology, LLM, and GraphRAG driving the Industrial AI paradigm shift.
  • From Smart Factory to Dark Factory β€” the next frontier.

Audience Takeaways

  • Insights into cutting-edge AI applications in manufacturing.
  • Practical examples of AI-driven industrial transformation.
  • Challenges and opportunities in adopting Dark Factory frameworks.

Speaker

Tony (YeunSae) Jang
Tony (YeunSae) Jang
Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University
CEO, FactoryLab.AI
Physical AI Agentic AI Smart Factory
  • (Former) Vice President, Hyundai AutoEver (Head of SDx Division)
  • (Former) Director, POSCO DX (Head of Technology Research Institute / IT Technology Development Group)
  • (Former) Professional Services, AWS (Asia Pacific & Japan)
  • (Former) Director, Deloitte Consulting (Technology Innovation Group)
  • (Former) Senior Manager, IBM GBS (Application Service Delivery)