Samsung Electronics (005930) announced on the 3rd that it will transform its domestic and overseas production facilities into "AI Driven Factories" by 2030.
The AI autonomous factory initiative that Samsung Electronics is pursuing will actively apply artificial intelligence across all manufacturing processes.
To realize this plan, Samsung Electronics will introduce digital twin-based simulation across all processes from material receiving to production and shipping. The company also plans to innovate quality and productivity across its global production bases by strengthening data-driven analysis and pre-verification through quality, production, and logistics "AI agents."
Furthermore, Samsung will apply AI to environmental safety areas to detect potential risk factors at production sites in advance and prevent accidents.
Samsung Electronics will apply "Agentic AI," introduced in the Galaxy S26, to manufacturing innovation based on AI experience and technology accumulated from its mobile business. "Agentic AI" refers to AI that autonomously plans and executes actions to achieve goals.
Samsung Electronics plans to strengthen the foundation for on-site autonomy by making production, facilities, repairs, and logistics intelligent through AI agents.
To transition from automation to autonomy, Samsung Electronics will also gradually introduce humanoid robots across all manufacturing processes.
Going forward, Samsung Electronics plans to combine AI with operating bots that manage production lines and equipment, logistics bots responsible for material transport, and assembly bots that perform assembly processes to create optimized manufacturing sites.
In particular, the company will apply digital twin-based environmental safety bots to infrastructure facilities where human work is difficult due to high temperatures and loud noise, strengthening work safety and systematically reducing on-site risks.
Lee Young-soo, Head of Samsung Electronics' Manufacturing Technology Center, said, "The future of manufacturing innovation lies in building autonomous manufacturing sites where AI understands the field and executes optimal decisions on its own, going beyond simple automation," adding, "We will become the center of global manufacturing innovation combined with AI."
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics will unveil its industrial AI application strategy and present its digital twin-based manufacturing innovation vision at MWC 2026, the world's largest mobile communications industry exhibition held in Barcelona, Spain.
Additionally, at the Samsung Mobile Business Summit (SMBS) held during MWC 2026, the company will announce its "Strategy for Strengthening Governance as AI Autonomy Expands," in line with the growing trend of Agentic AI utilization across various industrial areas including manufacturing sites.
SMBS, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is an event that shares Samsung Electronics' B2B strategy and latest technology directions with major customers and partners while exploring cooperation and business opportunities in industrial settings.
As industrial AI expands its scope of application, autonomy—where AI understands the field and executes optimal decisions on its own—accelerates. Samsung Electronics plans to promote the spread of trusted industrial AI for customers and partners by embedding safety mechanisms from the design stage along with technological innovation.