Kyung Hee University announced on September 20 that a research team led by Professor Hyo-Suk Hwang of the Department of Software Convergence has been selected for the advanced stage of the 2026 Basic Research Laboratory Support Project (BRL), supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The team will operate a "Research Laboratory for AI Autonomous Neurovascular Intervention Robots" for three years until June 2029, with a total research grant of 1.5 billion won. Professor Hyo-Suk Hwang serves as principal investigator, with Professor Jongwoo Kim from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Professor Myung-A Cho from the Department of Software Convergence, both at Kyung Hee University, and Professor Won-Gi Yoon from Korea University College of Medicine as co-researchers. The University of Toronto in Canada and SickKids (PCIGITI Center) will participate, making it an international joint research endeavor. The project aims to automate catheter procedures for stroke and cerebral aneurysms through AI and robotic control, establishing an integrated system including active variable stiffness "Hard-Soft Hybrid" continuum robots, medical twins, reinforcement learning-based AI autonomous navigation, and high-fidelity phantom verification systems. The team has set benchmarks including a 20% reduction in procedure time and a target success rate of 95% or higher for reaching th.