{ "segment": "korea", "companies": [ { "company": "AeiROBOT", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://eng.arobot4all.com/", "humanoid_product": "ALICE 5 — full-sized bipedal humanoid platform", "founded_year": 2018, "source_url": "https://m.ajupress.com/amp/20260930083908286", "include": "yes", "note": "Machines its own frames, actuators and linear drives. ALICE 5 was shown at RoboCup 2026. Announced plant capital expenditure is not venture funding." }, { "company": "Angel Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.angel-robotics.com/", "humanoid_product": "ANGEL LEGS M20 / ANGEL SUIT H10 — wearable rehabilitation and walking-assistance robots", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.angel-robotics.com/en/company/overview", "include": "borderline", "note": "Exoskeleton maker: cited products require a human wearer; no independent general-purpose humanoid is established by this source." }, { "company": "Blue Robin", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.bluerobin.co.kr/", "humanoid_product": "P-73 — 173 cm bipedal humanoid for research and industrial manipulation", "founded_year": 2022, "source_url": "https://www.ces2026-humanoidmaxalliance.com/blue-robin", "include": "yes", "note": "Company spin-off from Seoul National University, distinct from the lab. Exhibitor profile dates prototype launch to December 2025." }, { "company": "Doosan Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.doosanrobotics.com/", "humanoid_product": "Unnamed industrial humanoid — planned dual-arm robot with omnidirectional mobility", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.doosan.com/en/media-center/press-release_view?id=20172825&page=2¶m2=construction", "include": "borderline", "note": "Development programme; a publicly shown complete humanoid is unverified. October 2026 release targets standard-product commercialization from 2031; combined project budget also covers cobots and welding." }, { "company": "Hanool Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "http://www.robotics.co.kr/", "humanoid_product": "Tiro — humanoid service robot for guiding visitors, teaching and event hosting", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10334201", "include": "borderline", "note": "Historical company-built humanoid documented in 2011; general-purpose manipulation and a current humanoid programme are unverified. Website is the historically identified company domain." }, { "company": "Holiday Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://holiday-robotics.com/", "humanoid_product": "FRIDAY — wheeled industrial humanoid with dexterous hands and tactile sensing", "founded_year": 2024, "source_url": "https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-industry/2026/05/15/S4NCF3PKLJFZPF53SAC72JC5N4/?outputType=amp", "include": "yes", "note": "Publicly presented industrial humanoid prototype for logistics and manufacturing. May 2026 report describes commercialization as a target, not completed shipments." }, { "company": "Hyundai Motor Group", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/", "humanoid_product": "DAL-e — wheeled humanoid customer-service robot developed by the group Robotics Lab", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/newsroom/detail/0000000560", "include": "borderline", "note": "Own work apart from Boston Dynamics: humanoid body, movable arms and four wheels, but demonstrated functions are customer service and gestures rather than general-purpose manipulation. Atlas is not a separate Korean-headquartered builder." }, { "company": "LG Electronics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.lg.com/", "humanoid_product": "LG CLOiD — wheeled humanoid home robot for cooking, laundry and other chores", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.lgcorp.com/media/release/29751", "include": "yes", "note": "CES 2026 demonstration platform; manufacturer explicitly describes head, torso, two articulated arms and wheeled base. No completed sales or shipment count is established by this release." }, { "company": "Maum AI", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://maum.ai/", "humanoid_product": "Woochi Bot — publicly demonstrated performance-style humanoid for events and exhibitions", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Sci-Tech/view?articleId=294910", "include": "borderline", "note": "Government media-tour report attributes Woochi Bot to Maum AI and shows humanoid manipulation research; proprietary full-body hardware design versus integration of another manufacturer's platform remains unverified." }, { "company": "MOTOMIND", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.motomind.co.kr/en", "humanoid_product": "BELLO / BELLO mini — bipedal humanoids for industrial deployment and field validation", "founded_year": 2026, "source_url": "https://www.motomind.co.kr/en", "include": "yes", "note": "Official history records full-body prototype in May 2026, unsupported walking at NextRise in June and BELLO mini unit 1 completion in September. HQ is Pohang; incorporated February 6, 2026." }, { "company": "NAVER LABS", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.naverlabs.com/", "humanoid_product": "AMBIDEX — dual-arm manipulation research robot with waist and sensor head", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.naverlabs.com/en/blogDetail?seq=33863", "include": "borderline", "note": "Company hardware developed with KOREATECH. Cited demonstration establishes upper-body research hardware but not legs or a wheeled base meeting the assignment definition." }, { "company": "Neubility", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.neubility.ai/", "humanoid_product": "Billi (Billy in English reporting) — dual-arm wheeled humanoid for industrial handling and transport", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://en.sedaily.com/technology/2026/09/29/neubility-unveils-semi-humanoid-robot-billy-in-push-for", "include": "yes", "note": "Publicly demonstrated September 29, 2026, lifting a box with both arms and loading it behind its torso. Planned CJ CheilJedang pilot is not a completed shipment count." }, { "company": "Neuromeka", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://en.neuromeka.com/", "humanoid_product": "EIR — upper-body dual-arm humanoid on a mobile cart for industrial manipulation", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://en.neuromeka.com/humanoids", "include": "yes", "note": "Manufacturer offers EIR and NAMI in its humanoid lineup for industrial, service, medical and research environments. Cart-based EIR qualifies under the wheeled-base definition." }, { "company": "Rainbow Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://rainbow-robotics.com/", "humanoid_product": "RB-Y2 — mobile dual-arm humanoid; RB-Y1 research platform and HUBO bipedal lineage", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-industry/2026/05/15/S4NCF3PKLJFZPF53SAC72JC5N4/?outputType=amp", "include": "yes", "note": "Cited report identifies Rainbow as the developer of HUBO and newly unveiled RB-Y2. Samsung ownership does not make this a second independent robot under Samsung's programme." }, { "company": "ROBOCARE", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.robocare.co.kr/", "humanoid_product": "SILBOT — 114.8 cm wheeled humanoid cognitive-training and social-interaction robot", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.robocare.co.kr/eng/sub_robot/silbot.php", "include": "borderline", "note": "Company product with arms, head and mobile base, but documented role is specialized cognitive training rather than general-purpose physical work." }, { "company": "ROBOTIS", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.robotis.com/", "humanoid_product": "AI Sapiens K1 — bipedal humanoid hardware platform for learning, locomotion and manipulation research", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://docs.robotis.com/docs/systems/aisapiens/introduction/", "include": "yes", "note": "Complete humanoid builder as well as actuator supplier. Current documentation names K1 and describes mechanical hardware, robot software, training and deployment resources." }, { "company": "ROBROS", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.robros.co.kr/en", "humanoid_product": "IGRIS-C — company-built bipedal humanoid for industrial tasks and research", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.robros.co.kr/en/news/1970c7b3-f9f7-4019-9634-4e9fcf14c453", "include": "yes", "note": "August 9, 2026 company-hosted report states 36 IGRIS-C units produced in-house. Production is not equivalent to units shipped; no shipped total is inferred." }, { "company": "Samsung Electronics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://www.samsung.com/", "humanoid_product": "Roboray — human-sized bipedal research humanoid with stereo-vision head and hands", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9536.html", "include": "yes", "note": "Historical own humanoid hardware documented by its research collaborator in 2013; current availability and a newer independently shown Samsung model are unverified here. Subsidiary Rainbow products are not attributed to a separate Samsung model." }, { "company": "T-Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://t-robotics.net/", "humanoid_product": "TR-WORKS — mobile dual-arm industrial humanoid for manufacturing-process logistics", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://t-robotics.net/products/list.php?category=works", "include": "yes", "note": "Official product page describes a driving humanoid lineup for display and semiconductor processes with XR and haptic teleoperation, rather than a transport-only base." }, { "company": "WIRobotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://corp.wirobotics.com/en", "humanoid_product": "ALLEX — compliant general-purpose humanoid upper-body prototype", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://corp.wirobotics.com/en/product/allex", "include": "borderline", "note": "Manufacturer explicitly says current ALLEX is without a lower body. Arms, hands, neck and waist are documented, but legs or a wheeled base are not established by this source." }, { "company": "Wonik Robotics", "hq_country": "South Korea", "website": "https://wonikrobotics.com/en/", "humanoid_product": "Unnamed semi-humanoid — human-shaped upper body on a wheeled platform for logistics PoC", "founded_year": null, "source_url": "https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=13956", "include": "borderline", "note": "September 2026 report confirms in-house hands, arms and lower body and factory proof-of-concept testing. 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