POSCO invests $4.6 mil. in Brils to accelerate AI-driven factory push

POSCO Group has invested 7 billion won ($4.64 million) in Brils, an advanced robot solutions provider, marking a strategic step to accelerate its group-wide transition toward automation and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven manufacturing, the steelmaker said Tuesday. The investment was conducted through a combination of 5 billion won from POSCO Holdings’ strategic fund and 2 billion won from the firm’s in-house venture capital fund. The move reflects the group’s broader push to expand beyond conventional manufacturing into advanced automation systems, it said. POSCO aims to integrate its decades-long industrial expertise with Brils’ capabilities in robot design and control systems. The two sides plan to jointly develop automation operating systems, moving beyond simple robot manufacturing to build what the company calls an “intelligent factory.” An intelligent factory is a next-generation form of smart factories, incorporating collaborative systems among humans, AI and robots to enable autonomous and adaptive manufacturing processes. POSCO said it will prioritize deploying c

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