The City of Kitakyushu plans to establish a new hub by fiscal 2026 to support the social implementation of Physical AI, a technology used to control robots and machinery. The facility will serve as a comprehensive support center for commercialization and deployment while also functioning as a showroom for cutting-edge technologies.The planned location is the Kitakyushu Science and Research Park in the city's Wakamatsu Ward, an area being developed as a cluster for next-generation industries such as offshore wind power. Mayor Takeuchi commented, "By leveraging Physical AI to address pressing challenges, including severe labor shortages and the fact that Kitakyushu has the highest aging rate among Japan's ordinance-designated cities, we aim to become Japan's first city to implement this technology and improve residents' quality of life."