Robotics South Korea Drops a Number the Other Humanoid Programs Won't: Current Disclosed Bots Complete ~30% of Tasks for 3–4 Minutes a Day. KAPEX Target: 90%+ Completion, 8 Hours a Day, for a Full Month. 50.4B Won (~$33.5M), 11 Institutions, KIST + LG, 20 Robots in Hospitals by 2030
South Korea's KAPEX program is the first major humanoid initiative to publish what 「state of the art」 actually means today: 30% task completion, 3–4 minutes of operation per day. The 2030 target — 90%+ completion, 8 hours daily, for a month — anchors the whole 50.4B-won, 11-institution program.
