{"id":253796,"date":"2026-05-24T01:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/under-the-lantern-a-robot-monk-joins-together-and-artificial-intelligence-ai-recommends-a-medita\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:30:09","slug":"under-the-lantern-a-robot-monk-joins-together-and-artificial-intelligence-ai-recommends-a-medita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/under-the-lantern-a-robot-monk-joins-together-and-artificial-intelligence-ai-recommends-a-medita\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the lantern, a robot monk joins together, and artificial intelligence (AI) recommends a medita.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/society\/12056484\">Under the lantern, a robot monk joins together, and artificial intelligence (AI) recommends a medita..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/society\/12056484\">https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/society\/12056484<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-24 01:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mk.co.kr\">www.mk.co.kr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                  <span class=\"is_blind\">\uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300<\/span>                <span class=\"thum_figure_txt\">On the 16th, ahead of Buddha&#8217;s Birthday, robot monks Gabi, Sakyamuni, Mohee, and Nisa are participating in the 2026 Yeondeung procession from Heunginjimun Gate to Jogyesa Temple in Jongno-gu, Seoul. [Yonhap News]<\/span>      <\/p>\n<p refid=\"2\">Under the lantern, a robot monk joins together, and artificial intelligence (AI) recommends a meditation method suitable for a person&#8217;s state of mind. Buddhist culture combined with cutting-edge technology is gaining positive response from citizens as they embark on new experiments.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"3\">According to Newsis on the 24th, humanoids, autonomous driving, and AI robots participated in the lantern parade with monks at this year&#8217;s Buddha&#8217;s Birthday Lotus Lantern Festival. Lotus Lantern Society is a national and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"4\">Four robot monks, including &#8220;Gavi,&#8221; a humanoid robot promoted by a member of the Culture Ministry of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, &#8220;Sakja,&#8221; &#8220;Mohee,&#8221; and &#8220;Nisa,&#8221; as well as self-driving robots &#8220;Newbie,&#8221; and &#8220;Hyean,&#8221; an AI robot at Dongguk University, appeared.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"5\">Monk Seongwon said on the 22nd, &#8220;I wanted to show children and citizens a robot-friendly culture by participating in the test, but I was surprised to see the response was hotter than expected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wimg.mk.co.kr\/news\/cms\/202605\/24\/news-p.v1.20260524.20e90e9fd9334e7cb8c6d974eeb93336_P1.jpg\" orgwidth=\"700\" orgheight=\"467\" alt=\"A Lotus Lantern Festival was held in Jongno, Seoul, on the 16th and 17th, ahead of Buddha's Birthday (24th) in 2570. The robot monks are marching. [Korean Buddhist Jogye Order]\"\/>                      <span class=\"is_blind\">\uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300<\/span>                <span class=\"thum_figure_txt\">A Lotus Lantern Festival was held in Jongno, Seoul, on the 16th and 17th, ahead of Buddha&#8217;s Birthday (24th) in 2570. The robot monks are marching. [Korean Buddhist Jogye Order]<\/span>      <\/p>\n<p refid=\"7\">The AI robot &#8220;Hyean Monk,&#8221; developed by a research team at Dongguk University, also attracted attention. It is the first semi-humanoid robot in Korea to incorporate &#8220;Physical AI,&#8221; and has been at the forefront of Dongguk University&#8217;s lantern parade with lotus lanterns on its head.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"8\">Monk Hyean is equipped with on-device AI technology that analyzes question intentions with its own AI without an Internet connection and answers based on verified Buddhist data&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/society\/12056484\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the lantern, a robot monk joins together, and artificial intelligence (AI) recommends a medita&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wimg.mk.co.kr\/news\/cms\/202605\/24\/news-p.v1.20260524.20e90e9fd9334e7cb8c6d974eeb93336_P1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253798,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253796\/revisions\/253798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}