Samsung Electronics has taken advantage of the celebration of MWC 2026 to announce its strategy to transform all its manufacturing operations into AI-powered factories by 2030. The company aims to fully integrate this technology into the entire manufacturing value chain to establish an autonomous next-generation production environment.
As part of the change, Samsung will implement digital twin-based simulations throughout its manufacturing processes, in addition to deploying specialized AI agents dedicated to quality control, production and logistics. Since these agents will reinforce data-driven analysis and prior validation, Samsung will aim to increase quality standards, operational efficiency and productivity across its manufacturing network.
The company will also expand the integration of AI into environmental, health and safety operations. Specifically, through proactive detection systems and automated risk prevention, Samsung aims to reinforce occupational safety standards in its production facilities.
The central element of this transformation will be agentic AI, capable of planning, executing and optimizing decisions autonomously until certain objectives are reached. Through AI agents specifically designed for this, Samsung will optimize production flows, predictive maintenance, repair operations and logistics coordination.
To accelerate the shift from automation to advanced autonomy, Samsung is progressively deploying humanoid and task-specialized robots across all of its production lines. These include operational robots for online operations and facility management, logistics robots for autonomous material handling and transportation, and assembly robots for precision manufacturing tasks.
Sansung will continue to deploy, in infrastructure environments where human access is limited or dangerous, environmental safety robots integrated with digital twins, designed to systematically monitor conditions, identify potential risks and proactively mitigate on-site hazards.
YoungSoo Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Technology Research, Samsung Electronicshas highlighted that «the The next phase of manufacturing innovation lies in creating autonomous environments where AI truly understands operational contexts in real time and independently executes optimal decisions. We are committed to leading the transformation towards AI-driven global manufacturing innovation.«.
