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PHYSICAR AI Officially Launched

AICASTLE has officially launched PHYSICAR AI, its self-developed Sim2Real physical AI education platform — start with a virtual robot (SIM), finish with a real one (REAL), with classroom management, Ebook, and AI tutor features built for education.

September 05, 2026

AI Experience Exhibit for the National Science Museum's 'Superpower Secret Academy'

AICASTLE built the AI experience exhibit systems for ‘Superpower Secret Academy,’ the new immersive exhibition at the National Science Museum’s Changui Narae Hall in Daejeon — developing and delivering the vehicles, control system, and operator/visitor UIs for the autonomous driving (telekinesis) experience booth.

September 01, 2026

Official Partner & Operator of the 2026 Autonomous Driving Hackathon (AMET)

The 2026 Autonomous Driving Hackathon (AMET 2026), hosted by the Korea Autonomous Driving Industry Association and sponsored by MOTIE, was held at COEX during AME 2026. AICASTLE joined Hyundai Mobis and HL Klemove as an official partner, operating the competition.

August 27, 2026

Yeungnam University 2026 Agentic AI Autonomous Driving Competition (Gyeongju Camp)

AICASTLE operated Yeungnam University’s RISE-MEGA “2026 Agentic AI Autonomous Driving Competition,” a residential program in Gyeongju where students progressed through training and practice runs to a final competition featuring Agentic AI-based autonomous driving missions.

August 20, 2026

Inha University Capstone Mini Competition & 2026 Incheon Teacher Training

AICASTLE ran the mini competition for Inha University’s capstone design program (a three-university credit exchange) and the 2026 Incheon Teacher Training, where teachers experienced machine learning, reinforcement learning, and LLM-agent concepts with hands-on autonomous driving projects on PHYSICAR SIM.

July 23, 2026

ROS2 Autonomous Robot Control Expert Training & Physical AI Project at KNUT

AICASTLE ran the “ROS2-based Autonomous Robot Control Expert Training and Physical AI Project” program at Korea National University of Transportation, covering ROS2 basics and simulation through agent-robot and autonomous driving systems on PHYSICAR SIM and REAL environments.

May 17, 2026

Autonomous Driving Competition for Ajou University's 'Autonomous Driving & C-ITS' Course

Commissioned by Ajou University’s Future Mobility consortium, AICASTLE ran an autonomous driving competition for students of the “Autonomous Driving & C-ITS” course. About 40 students in 12 teams participated, on a PHYSICAR SIM-based curriculum designed so even coding beginners could finish the track.

May 08, 2026

Reinforcement Learning & Autonomous Driving Education with PHYSICAR at Incheon Academy of Science and Arts

AICASTLE delivered “Reinforcement Learning and Autonomous Driving with PHYSICAR” at Incheon Academy of Science and Arts. Students learned reinforcement learning fundamentals on the PHYSICAR AI platform and deployed simulator-trained models to real vehicles.

March 27, 2026

2025 Future Vehicle AWS DeepRacer Championship League & AI Education

AICASTLE operated Inha University’s 2025 Future Vehicle AWS DeepRacer Championship League. Thirteen teams progressed through basic and advanced training and practice runs to the final competition, all powered by the PHYSICAR AI platform’s simulation and real-vehicle environments.

February 13, 2026

AI Experience Booth at CO-SHOW 2025 (BEXCO Busan)

At CO-SHOW 2025, the national showcase of the COSS advanced-fields innovative convergence university program, AICASTLE was commissioned to run the future-mobility experience booth, featuring interactive AI programs such as pose-estimation-based experiences.

November 29, 2025

Yeungnam University RISE-MEGA Autonomous Driving Competition with Reinforcement Learning

AICASTLE operated Yeungnam University’s RISE-MEGA “Autonomous Driving Competition with Reinforcement Learning.” Students progressed from reinforcement learning theory and AWS DeepRacer training to a final on-track competition with their own trained models.

November 22, 2025

Reinforcement Learning & Autonomous Driving Education with AWS DeepRacer at KNUT

Korea National University of Transportation (Chungju campus) hosted the “Reinforcement Learning and Autonomous Driving with AWS DeepRacer” program to nurture future autonomous driving talent. 22 students from various majors participated in the two-day, 16-hour course, with a satisfaction score of 4.85 out of 5.

November 02, 2025

Building Your Own AI Agent with OpenAI

This course teaches you how to create your own AI agent using OpenAI Platform’s Agent Builder. Build multi-agent system apps with Agent Builder and Chatkit, and deploy them using Cloudflare. The course covers all the latest technologies including GPT-5, Agent Builder, Chatkit, MCP, Fine Tuning, and CoT.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (No prerequisites)
  • Duration: 15 hr

October 30, 2025

AI Autonomous Driving Experience Booth at DIFA 2025

During DIFA 2025 (Daegu International Future Mobility Expo) held at EXCO Daegu, AICASTLE operated an AI autonomous driving experience booth, giving visitors a hands-on opportunity to experience autonomous driving, a core technology of future mobility.

October 25, 2025

AI Cooperation MOU Signing with Gwangju Metropolitan City

AICASTLE signed a ‘Gwangju-style AI Business MOU’ at the opening ceremony of ‘Global AI Conference (AICON) Gwangju 2025’ held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center on October 15, 2025.

October 15, 2025

2025 Chuncheon AI Convergence Competition Event Delegation

Delegation of the 2025 Chuncheon AWS DeepRacer Championship finals. This competition, now in its third year, saw a record-breaking 100 teams participate and introduced an obstacle avoidance mission for the first time, providing participants with the opportunity to develop more diverse and creative autonomous driving models.

September 28, 2025

ROS Robot Physical AI Education (Chuncheon AI Convergence Education)

ROS Robot Physical AI education was conducted from August 29 to 31, 2025. This training was targeted at local residents and students interested in AI and data science fields, covering a wide range from basic ROS concepts to hands-on practice.

August 31, 2025

LLM Agent Education (Chuncheon AI Convergence Education)

LLM Agent education was conducted from August 24 to 28, 2025. This training was targeted at local residents and students interested in AI and data science fields, covering a wide range from basic LLM concepts to hands-on practice.

August 28, 2025

DeepRacer Education (Chuncheon AI Convergence Education)

AWS DeepRacer education was conducted for four days from August 11 to 14, 2025. Participants learned the principles of reinforcement learning and experienced deploying autonomous driving models trained in the simulator to real vehicles.

August 14, 2025

Python Education (Chuncheon AI Convergence Education)

Python basics education was conducted for two days from August 7 to 8, 2025. Through this training, students had the opportunity to create their own simple apps and lower the barriers to programming using vibe coding, which is currently trending in the AI field.

August 08, 2025

Interactive AI Autonomous Driving Booth Operation (MARS 2025)

During the Hwaseong Special City AI EXPO (MARS 2025), an AI autonomous driving experience booth was operated, providing visitors with the opportunity to directly experience autonomous driving, a core technology of future mobility.

June 21, 2025

Please open it for longer during vacation" — Keimyung University successfully concludes ROS-based autonomous driving education

The “ROS (Robot Operating System) Applied Programming Education” held at Keimyung University from June 2 to June 5 concluded successfully. The program aimed to enhance students’ understanding of autonomous driving theories and algorithms, strengthen their job skills and competitiveness, and improve practical capabilities for participants in autonomous driving competitions.

June 06, 2025

AICASTLE Makes Becoming an Expert Easier — Signs AI Education MOU with Hwaseong Talent Development Foundation

AICASTLE, committed to making it easier to become an expert through practical AI education, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hwaseong Talent Development Foundation’s Education Cooperation Support Division to advance local AI education.

May 30, 2025

Konyang University Lecture

Konyang University held a lecture on autonomous driving using artificial intelligence (AI) from April 28 to 30, aiming to respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and enhance the competitiveness of local talents.

April 30, 2025

AI Castle CEO JeanYoung Kim Enters 2025 Youth Startup Academy

AI Castle CEO JeanYoung Kim has been accepted into the 2025 Youth Startup Academy in Seoul, aiming to gain hands-on entrepreneurship experience through an AI robotics platform.

March 17, 2025

2024 Advanced Fields Innovation-Convergence University Future Mobility Consortium Event Outsourcing

The 2024 Future Mobility Innovation-Convergence University AWS DeepRacer Championship League was successfully hosted by the Future Mobility Consortium for Advanced Fields Innovation-Convergence Universities, with Inha University’s Future Mobility Program taking the lead. This year’s competition featured the world’s first obstacle-avoidance mission using boxes on the track, fostering student creativity and collaboration, and greatly enhancing their understanding of autonomous driving technologies.

February 21, 2025

2025 Teacher Training Program

A two-day in-service training program on future autonomous vehicle education was successfully conducted in Incheon, focusing on enhancing teachers’ AI-teaching abilities and effectively integrating AI as a classroom tool.

February 04, 2025

AI SW Academy – Practical Core Developer Training Course

A specialized AI training program was conducted for Chuncheon’s college students and local residents, focusing on “Building Your Own Chatbot with GPT” and “Computer Vision with YOLO.” The course provided an integrated learning experience that combined AI theory with hands-on practice.

November 17, 2024

AI Autonomous Driving Lecture at Tongin High School

Tongin High School held a two-day lecture on October 18 and November 8, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of autonomous driving and AI through both theoretical background and hands-on practice.

November 08, 2024

2024 DIFA AI Autonomous Driving Experience Booth Operation Outsourcing

During the 2024 Daegu International Future Auto (DIFA), an AI autonomous driving experience booth was operated so that visitors could experience autonomous driving—one of the core technologies of future mobility—firsthand.

October 26, 2024

DeepRacer Vision Timer

An AI vision timer based on object detection and pose. It automatically detects when vehicles cross the starting line and depart from lanes, automating record measurements.

October 04, 2024

2024 Chuncheon AI Convergence Competition Event Outsourcing

Now in its second year, the “2024 Chuncheon AWS DeepRacer Championship” finals successfully took place on Sunday, September 29, at 10 AM at Chuncheon Commons Field. Hosted by the City of Chuncheon, organized by the Gangwon Information & Culture Industry Agency (GIC), and sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS), this national autonomous driving competition once again garnered significant attention and participation following last year’s success.

September 29, 2024

Big Data Analysis Engineer Certification

The Big Data Analysis Engineer certification is a government-recognized professional credential in South Korea that formally verifies one’s data analytics skills. To earn this certification, candidates must pass both a written exam (Part 1) and a practical exam (Part 2). This course covers both theoretical (written) and practical (hands-on) components.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (no prerequisites required)
  • Duration: 48 hr

September 01, 2024

AI Castle Python Package

The official AI Castle Python package offering a variety of features for AI-related development.

August 11, 2024

Keimyung University Lecture

From July 29 (Mon) to August 2 (Fri), Keimyung University hosted an AI and autonomous driving course that covered everything from theoretical AI foundations to practical self-driving programming, offering students a hands-on learning experience.

August 02, 2024

Practical “Deep Learning”

Deep learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that uses artificial neural networks inspired by how the human brain processes and learns information. It delivers outstanding performance in a variety of applications such as image recognition, speech recognition, and language translation.

  • Target Audience: Individuals with foundational Python and data science skills
  • Duration: 80 hr / 100 hr

August 01, 2024

Konyang University Lecture

On July 26, Konyang University hosted a special lecture on AI autonomous driving, focusing on practical insights and hands-on exercises in AI and self-driving technology.

July 26, 2024

Chuncheon AI Convergence Education

From June 27 to July 3, Chuncheon City and the Gangwon Information & Culture Industry Agency held an AI convergence education program using AWS DeepRacer. The goal was to enhance public understanding of AI and autonomous driving, and to support future workforce development in these fields.

July 03, 2024

Practical “Machine Learning”

Machine Learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that employs algorithms and statistical models to enable computers to learn and make predictions without explicit programming.

  • Target Audience: Individuals with foundational skills in Python and Data Science
  • Duration: 80 hr / 100 hr

July 01, 2024

DRfC AWS

A wrapper for DRfC that helps you run DRfC on AWS EC2 and easily use it with Python Jupyter Notebook.

June 23, 2024

Introduction to “Data Science” with Python

Data Science involves extracting valuable insights from data to make predictions and inform decision-making. Develop foundational skills in Python syntax and scientific libraries (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, etc.) and practice working with various datasets.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (no prerequisites required)
  • Duration: 48 hr

June 01, 2024

Vehicle API

An API that allows you to control a real DeepRacer vehicle using Python code.

May 03, 2024

Learn “Cloud Computing” with AWS

Explore “Cloud Computing,” a crucial component of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Engage in hands-on practice with AWS, the world’s leading cloud provider, and prepare for certification at the same time.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (no prerequisites required)
  • Duration: Choose from 8 hr / 16 hr / 24 hr

May 01, 2024

Reward Function Chatbot

A chatbot that automatically generates a reward function for training a reinforcement learning–based AI vehicle. Developed using the OpenAI API and Streamlit.

April 12, 2024

Principles and Latest Trends in Artificial Intelligence

Understand the principles of AI and learn about the latest technological innovations and trends. This course also includes a hands-on session to put the concepts into practice.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (no prerequisites required)
  • Duration: Choose from 4 hr / 8 hr

April 01, 2024

Learn Computer Vision with YOLO

By leveraging YOLO (You Only Look Once), one of the most widely used AI techniques in industry, you will learn how to program object detection, pose estimation, segmentation, and more in the field of computer vision.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (no prerequisites required)
  • Duration: Choose from 8 hr / 16 hr / 24 hr

March 01, 2024

Chungbuk National University Lecture

Chungbuk National University offered a course on AI and autonomous driving that provided students with both theoretical grounding and practical hands-on experience, deepening their understanding of self-driving technologies.

February 07, 2024

Vehicle API

A simplified timer for measuring DeepRacer records offline. It can be used immediately on the web.

February 05, 2024

Build Your Own Chatbot with GPT

By leveraging the OPENAI API, you can create a custom chatbot using advanced techniques such as RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), prompt engineering, and Fine-Tuning.

  • Target Audience: Anyone (no prior knowledge required)
  • Duration: Choose from 8 hr / 12 hr / 16 hr / 20 hr / 24 hr

February 01, 2024

Incheon Teacher Training Program

A two-day AWS DeepRacer training workshop for teachers was successfully held in Incheon. The program focused on enhancing teachers’ AI-related educational abilities and effectively integrating DeepRacer as an instructional tool in their classrooms.

January 23, 2024

Konyang University Lecture

From January 2 to January 11, Konyang University successfully conducted the “Autonomous Vehicle Expert Training Course,” which garnered significant attention. Targeted at Konyang University students, the course centered on practical understanding and hands-on application of autonomous driving and AI technologies.

January 11, 2024

Learn “Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Driving” with AWS DeepRacer

Students can create their own autonomous driving AI model. They then load it onto a real vehicle to build a personalized self-driving car.

  • Target Audience: Anyone is welcome (no prior knowledge required)
  • Duration: Choose from 8 hr / 16 hr / 24 hr

January 02, 2024

Learn Autonomous Driving Robots with ROS2

A course to learn the core technologies of autonomous driving robots through theory and practice. Covers various topics such as SLAM, path planning, control, and line detection, and includes hands-on exercises with model cars.

  • Target Audience: Recommended for students in robotics, mechanical engineering, and autonomous driving
  • Duration: 50 hr

January 01, 2024

Korea Housing Finance Corporation Lecture

The Korea Housing Finance Corporation held a company-wide training program focused on AI trends and the application of cloud technology in the financial sector. The program aimed to deepen employees’ understanding of the growing importance of AI in finance and the role of cloud-based systems.

November 23, 2023

Chuncheon National University of Education Lecture

A special lecture titled “Autonomous Driving and Artificial Intelligence” was held at Chuncheon National University of Education, focusing on providing students with an integrated learning experience that combines both theoretical and hands-on components of AI and autonomous driving technologies.

November 17, 2023

2023 Chuncheon AI Convergence Competition Event Outsourcing

The “2023 Chuncheon AWS DeepRacer Championship,” held on September 17, was organized to foster future AI talent in Chuncheon. Hosted by the City of Chuncheon and organized by the Gangwon Information & Culture Industry Agency (GIC), with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the competition tasks teams with equipping AWS’s autonomous driving race car, DeepRacer, with a self-driving algorithm to traverse the track in the shortest time and with the highest accuracy.

September 17, 2023

Keimyung University Lecture

Keimyung University held a special lecture series titled “Learning AI and Autonomous Driving with AWS DeepRacer.” The course was designed to teach students the fundamental principles and practical applications of AI and autonomous driving technology, aligning with the latest industry trends.

August 28, 2023

2023 Advanced Fields Innovation & Convergence University Future Mobility Consortium Event Outsourcing

The 2023 Future Mobility Innovation-Convergence University AWS DeepRacer Championship League event was successfully outsourced. Organized by the Future Mobility Center at Inha University, the competition featured racing events leveraging AI-based autonomous driving technology, with teams from universities participating in the nationwide Future Mobility Innovation-Convergence University Consortium.

July 06, 2023

Inha University Lecture

Inha University successfully hosted an educational program titled “Learning Autonomous Driving and AI with AWS DeepRacer,” providing students with hands-on experience and understanding of cutting-edge AI and self-driving technologies.

June 19, 2023

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