ROBOTIS Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-03 - Deployment - CJ Logistics deploys two humanoids in Olive Young fulfilment - The robots insert cushioning material into shipping boxes during packing. The live system combines ROBOTIS hardware, Aidin Robotics hands and RLWRLD robot foundation-model technology. CJ plans to extend the programme toward picking, sorting, inspection and… - source: cjlogistics.com
• 2026-07-27 - Production Milestone - ROBOTIS actuator demand exceeds capacity as output expands - Actuator production reached about 220,000 units in 2025 and is increasing by 60% to 70% in 2026. About half of incoming actuator orders cannot currently be accepted; second-quarter China sales already exceeded the 80,000 units sold there during all of 2025.… - source: biz.chosun.com
• 2026-06-29 - Deployment - ROBOTIS delivery robots operate from public-road stations in Magok - The deployment uses 10 robots operating from public-road stations. Reported usage is about 40 orders per day. The stations address charging and storage infrastructure for sidewalk-delivery robots. - source: kedglobal.com
• 2026-06-23 - Partnership - ROBOTIS and LG expand actuator and humanoid R&D partnership - The partnership is tied to ROBOTIS actuator manufacturing capacity and LG humanoid development work. Coverage cites cooperation around AI Sapiens and actuator supply-chain expansion. - source: biz.chosun.com
• 2026-04-29 - Research Publication - ROBOTIS releases OpenMANIPULATOR ROS 2 packages for physical AI development - ROBOTIS maintains official ROS 2 packages for OpenMANIPULATOR, including bringup, descriptions, MoveIt configuration, teleoperation, GUI, and controller tooling. The repository explicitly points developers to physical AI tools plus datasets and pre-trained… - source: github.com
• 2026-02-11 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS releases HX5-D20 robotic hand and XM335-T323-T actuator - Released the HX5-D20 as a fully articulated robotic hand in left and right configurations alongside the XM335-T323-T compact DYNAMIXEL actuator. Positioned the new hardware for dexterous manipulation and compact joints such as fingers, wrists, and precision… - source: robotis.us
• 2026-01-06 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS Introduces AI Worker Semi-Humanoid at CES 2026 - ROBOTIS unveiled the AI Worker, a semi-humanoid robot, at CES 2026. The AI Worker is designed for industrial tasks such as wiring harness assembly, welding, and inspection. It utilizes imitation learning and reinforcement learning to perform intricate tasks. - source: biz.chosun.com
• 2025-12-29 - Research Publication - Explainable Neural Inverse Kinematics for Obstacle-Aware Robotic Manipulation: A Comparative Analysis of IKNet Variants - The study applies explainable neural inverse kinematics to obstacle-aware manipulation on the ROBOTIS OpenManipulator-X. The workflow combines Shapley-value attribution with physics-based obstacle-avoidance evaluation. The authors train lightweight IKNet… - source: arxiv.org
• 2025-12-15 - Research Publication - ROBOTIS maintains TurtleBot3 open-source ROS platform packages - ROBOTIS maintains TurtleBot3 as an Apache-licensed ROS platform repository with packages for bringup, Cartographer, Navigation2, simulation description, teleoperation, and examples. The repository links related open-source projects including TurtleBot3… - source: github.com
• 2025-12-08 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS releases DYNAMIXEL Easy SDK - Released a simplified SDK built on top of the official DYNAMIXEL SDK to reduce low-level packet and control table handling. Framed the software as a faster path for beginners and rapid prototyping while keeping compatibility with the existing DYNAMIXEL… - source: robotis.us
• 2025-10-30 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS releases OMY leader-follower manipulation platform - Released OMY as a robotic arm platform aimed at research, industrial applications, and intelligent automation. Positioned the system around compact modular arm design and advanced actuators for imitation learning experiments and repetitive industrial tasks.… - source: robotis.us
• 2025-10-08 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS introduces OMX manipulation platform for Physical AI workflows - Introduced OMX as a starting-line manipulation platform for Physical AI development and robot learning workflows. Framed the system around perception, reasoning, and action in real-world settings rather than fixed programmed routines. Extended the company's… - source: robotis.us
• 2025-01-01 - Research Publication - OpenManipulator-X reinforcement-learning paper combines FTSM control with DDPG - The paper applies reinforcement learning to improve control of the OpenMANIPULATOR-X robot. The method combines fixed-time sliding-mode control with a DDPG agent to reduce position error and chattering. - source: doi.org
• 2024-12-16 - Partnership - ROBOTIS and HDC Labs sign residential robot business agreement - Signed a business agreement with HDC Labs to build smart residential environments and introduce robot services into apartment and residential settings. The partnership centers on applying ROBOTIS robot systems within residential property operations rather… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-12-10 - Partnership - ROBOTIS partners with MIT on physical AI research and development - Announced a collaboration with MIT to develop physical AI technology through an international joint research and development program. The work focuses on advancing robot physical intelligence rather than a single shipped product release. Formalizes ROBOTIS's… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-12-09 - Deployment - Senxeed Robotics begins GAEMI verification at two Hakodate hospitals in partnership with Sumitomo Corporation Hokkaido - Senxeed Robotics said it would conduct verification experiments with the indoor delivery robot GAEMI at Hakodate Goryokaku Hospital and Hakodate Central Hospital in Hokkaido. The trials were run in cooperation with Sumitomo Corporation Hokkaido and covered… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-09-19 - Deployment - ROBOTIS deploys autonomous recycling and patrol robot in Seoul park - Deployed an autonomous robot in a Seoul district park to collect recyclables and patrol for safety. The robot operates in a live public environment rather than a lab or showroom setting. Adds a real-world municipal service deployment to ROBOTIS's autonomous… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-08-19 - Regulatory - ROBOTIS autonomous robot receives subsidy eligibility in Kanagawa Prefecture - ROBOTIS said its GAEMI autonomous robot was selected as a robot eligible for subsidy support in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The decision improves commercial access by making the system easier for local buyers and operators to adopt under an approved subsidy… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-04-25 - Partnership - ROBOTIS and LG Electronics coordinate outdoor autonomous robot supply - Met with LG Electronics to discuss detailed specifications and delivery schedules for ROBOTIS outdoor autonomous robots. The announcement points to active commercial coordination around supply and rollout rather than a purely exploratory discussion. Shows… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-04-10 - Research Publication - DeepMind releases OP3 soccer data and notebooks for agile bipedal RL results - The Zenodo/OpenAIRE data release provides Python notebooks, raw data, and reproduction materials for the DeepMind OP3 soccer reinforcement-learning paper. The release is licensed under Apache 2.0 for software and CC-BY 4.0 for other materials, enabling… - source: explore.openaire.eu
• 2024-04-05 - Deployment - ROBOTIS begins hospital demonstration of GAEMI indoor autonomous robot in Japan - Began a verification test of the GAEMI indoor autonomous robot at Shonan Kamakura General Hospital in Japan. The pilot places ROBOTIS's service robot in a live healthcare environment with named deployment sites. Adds a real hospital demonstration to the… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-04-05 - Regulatory - ROBOTIS becomes first company in Korea to obtain outdoor mobile robot safety certification - Became the first company in Korea to receive safety certification for outdoor mobile robots. The certification establishes formal compliance groundwork for delivery, patrol, and related outdoor service robot use cases. Strengthens ROBOTIS's commercial… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-04-05 - Partnership - ROBOTIS signs unmanned food and beverage store robotics agreement with Coffee Evanhada - Signed a business agreement with Coffee Evanhada for unmanned food and beverage store operation and solution development using autonomous robots. The collaboration applies ROBOTIS delivery robotics to store operations and low-order-value service workflows.… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-04-05 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS launches DYNAMIXEL-Y high-performance actuator series - Launched DYNAMIXEL-Y as a next-generation actuator series built around a high-performance frameless motor with precise position control. Integrated a multi-turn absolute encoder, electronic brake, and the company's DYD cycloidal reducer into the new series.… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-03-28 - Partnership - ROBOTIS and Maxerve sign building-management robot services agreement - Signed a business agreement with Maxerve to expand autonomous robot services in building management. ROBOTIS said the agreement would widen its service scope into security and cleaning workflows. The partnership extended the company''s commercial… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-03-23 - Partnership - ROBOTIS signs Panda Caravan agreement to introduce autonomous robots at campsites - Signed a business agreement with Panda Caravan to introduce autonomous robots at campsites. ROBOTIS said the deployment would cover delivery of items such as firewood and food in live campsite operations. The agreement extended GAEMI outdoor service use into… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-03-15 - Deployment - Lotte Global Logistics and ROBOTIS launch autonomous delivery robot demonstration project - Launched an on-site demonstration project for an autonomous parcel delivery robot with Lotte Global Logistics. The project tests parcel delivery workflows in a live operating context rather than a controlled showroom setting. Advances ROBOTIS's logistics… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-03-15 - Commercial Order - ROBOTIS signs Guam resort operating contract for indoor autonomous robot - Signed an official contract to operate its indoor autonomous robot at resort properties in Guam including The Westin Resort Guam. The agreement represents a named overseas commercial supply and operating win for the GAEMI platform. Extends ROBOTIS autonomous… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-03-15 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS launches next-generation autonomous robot with arms - Launched a next-generation autonomous service robot designed to move between floors by operating elevator buttons with an attached robotic arm. Targeted use cases including hotels, hospitals, and building management, with the company stating mass production… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-03-12 - Award - ROBOTIS wins two iF Design Award main prizes for GAEMI indoor and outdoor robots - ROBOTIS said its indoor and outdoor GAEMI autonomous robots each won a main prize in the public design category at the 2024 iF Design Award. The recognition covered both robot variants rather than a single model. The award added international design… - source: robotis.us
• 2024-01-31 - Regulatory - ROBOTIS becomes first company in Korea to receive street-deployment permission for autonomous robot platforms - ROBOTIS said it became the first company in Korea to receive permission to deploy autonomous robot platforms on public streets. The approval established a regulatory basis for outdoor real-world operation of its autonomous robot platform. ROBOTIS later… - source: robotis.us
• 2023-10-25 - Research Publication - Flywheel-inverted pendulum paper uses DYNAMIXEL XL430-W250 motors - The paper presents an optimized design and control method for a flywheel inverted pendulum with two motors. The hardware uses two DYNAMIXEL XL430-W250 motors, a model in the DYNAMIXEL X-Series actuator family. - source: arxiv.org
• 2023-04-27 - Research Publication - OP3 paper demonstrates global-position tracking for multi-domain bipedal walking - The paper introduces a stabilizing global-position tracking controller for hybrid multi-domain bipedal walking. Simulations on ROBOTIS OP3 cover multi-domain walking with different actuation regimes, walking speeds, and desired paths. The work gives OP3-W a… - source: arxiv.org
• 2023-04-26 - Research Publication - DeepMind trains agile soccer skills on ROBOTIS OP3 with deep reinforcement learning - The DeepMind paper trains a 20-actuator miniature humanoid robot to play one-versus-one soccer using deep reinforcement learning and self-play. The learned policy transfers zero-shot from simulation to real robots and improves walking speed, turning speed… - source: arxiv.org
• 2023-04-10 - Partnership - ROBOTIS and Lotte Global Logistics sign logistics delivery robot business agreement - Signed a business agreement with Lotte Global Logistics for logistics delivery service robot business development. The agreement set a formal commercial framework around logistics delivery robotics ahead of later field demonstration work. Marked an early… - source: robotis.us
• 2023-04-10 - Partnership - ROBOTIS and Selvas AI sign agreement to advance AI for autonomous driving robots - Signed a business agreement with Selvas AI to cooperate on AI technology for autonomous driving robots. The collaboration targets improvement of robot intelligence for ROBOTIS autonomous mobile systems rather than a single hardware launch. Connects ROBOTIS… - source: robotis.us
• 2022-04-08 - Research Publication - OP3 paper studies sim-to-real compliant bipedal locomotion - The paper studies sim-to-real transfer of compliant bipedal locomotion on the ROBOTIS OP3 humanoid. The authors model gear-drive behavior and use failed hardware attempts for system identification, then transfer the policy to physical OP3 hardware. The work… - source: arxiv.org
• 2022-03-02 - Research Publication - OpenManipulator-X dynamics-control paper compares PD gravity compensation strategies - The paper investigates dynamic control of the 4-DOF OpenMANIPULATOR-X robot arm. The control study compares PD control with gravity compensation and phase-trajectory-length tuning for oscillation damping. - source: doi.org
• 2021-03-29 - Research Publication - Digit paper learns robust bipedal walking with reinforcement learning - The paper presents robust feedback motion policy design for Agility Robotics Digit using reinforcement learning. The controller transfers from simulation to physical Digit hardware and realizes sustained walking under disturbances and challenging terrain.… - source: arxiv.org
• 2018-03-26 - Research Publication - ROBOTIS publishes OP3 open-source ROS packages for humanoid research - ROBOTIS maintains the official Apache-licensed ROS package repository for ROBOTIS OP3, including walking, balance, localization, kinematics, manager, and demo modules. The repository links the official e-Manual and ROS package wiki, making OP3 a reproducible… - source: github.com
• 2018-02-19 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS launches TurtleBot3 Waffle Pi model - ROBOTIS launched TurtleBot3 Waffle Pi on February 19, 2018. The Waffle Pi used Raspberry Pi 3 as its single-board computer. The model included a Raspberry Pi Camera Module. - source: discourse.openrobotics.org
• 2017-10-27 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS releases OP3 ROS package 0.1.0 - ROBOTIS released version 0.1.0 on October 27, 2017. The release added a new metapackage for ROBOTIS OP3. The update also carried OP3 robot-file, walking, action, and soccer-demo work. - source: github.com
• 2017-09-21 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS introduces OpenMANIPULATOR at ROSCon 2017 - ROBOTIS introduced OpenMANIPULATOR at ROSCon 2017 on September 21, 2017. ROBOTIS presented OpenMANIPULATOR as a full open robot platform. The milestone connected OpenMANIPULATOR-X to the ROS developer ecosystem. - source: emanual.robotis.com
• 2017-05-31 - Product Launch - ROBOTIS launches TurtleBot3 open-source mobile robot platform - TurtleBot3 launched on May 31, 2017. The platform became a compact open-source mobile robot for ROS education and research. The launch established TurtleBot3 as a reference platform in the ROBOTIS robot ecosystem. - source: emanual.robotis.com