Samsung Electronics

Supply chain relationships

• STATS ChipPAC

  Inbound - Manufacturing Services - STATS ChipPAC assembles and initially tests Ambarella chips under subcontract from Samsung

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• Signetics

  Inbound - Manufacturing Services - Signetics assembles and initially tests Ambarella chips under subcontract from Samsung

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• Jio Robot

  Inbound - Robot Platforms - Jio Robot delivered Mobile Worker AMRs to a Samsung Electronics overseas production base

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• Skydio

  Outbound - Sensing - Skydio X10D uses Samsung 32MP CMOS sensors in its six navigation cameras

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• TinyMobileRobots

  Outbound - Components - Samsung Electronics supplies Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 controller for TinyLineMarker Sport

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• Skydio

  Outbound - Sensing - Skydio X10 uses Samsung 32MP CMOS sensors in its six navigation cameras

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• UXV Technologies

  Outbound - Compute & Control - UXV's SRoC S23 controller is built around a Samsung Galaxy S23 handset

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• Ambarella

  Outbound - Manufacturing Services - Samsung manufactures SoCs for Ambarella, supplying tested wafers or assembled and tested chips

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• NVIDIA

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Samsung Electronics fabricates semiconductor wafers for NVIDIA

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• Freefly Systems

  Outbound - Control - Freefly's Astro Max Mapping Essentials Blue kit includes a Samsung Active Tab

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• Waymo

  Outbound - Components - Samsung Electronics supplies Samsung semiconductor technology for Waymo autonomous-driving compute system

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• Qualcomm

  Outbound - Compute & Control - Samsung Electronics is a principal foundry supplier for Qualcomm integrated circuits

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• Kyung Kye-hyun - Former Co-Chief Executive Officer - Represents Samsung senior corporate robotics push after the Rainbow Robotics investment.
• Young Hyun Jun - Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer - Co-leads Samsung Electronics and heads the Device Solutions division.
• TM Roh - President and Co-Chief Executive Officer - Co-leads Samsung Electronics and heads the Device eXperience division.

Events

• 2026-10-19 - Capability - Samsung transfers mobile-robot patents to Powerauto Robotics

  The current i-Series uses Cartesian robotics for electronic-component insertion and press-fitting, with vision and inspection functions. Development plans connect production equipment with mobile robots, collaborative arms and humanoids. The longer-term goal is production modules that move and rearrange into reconfigured lines.

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• 2026-10-12 - Award - Samsung selects SNU tactile Physical AI project for future-technology programme

  The team led by Yongtaek Hong and Jonghyun Choi is the round’s sole selected project in the next-generation robotics category. Planned electronic skin will sense pressure, temperature and heat flow, with tactile information combined with vision and language for robot control. The research targets grip adjustment during slips, safe release of hot objects and adaptive assembly movements, with validation on unfamiliar objects and manufacturing conditions still planned.

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• 2026-08-20 - Capability - Waymo details custom 5nm ASIC and autonomous-compute partner stack

  The custom ASIC provides more than 1,000 TOPS for front-end sensor processing and machine-learning workloads. Waymo says its onboard compute performance has increased 20-fold in eight years and processes 13 high-resolution cameras in real time.

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• 2026-07-30 - Market Signal - Samsung Electronics commits KRW 792bn to venture investment funds

  The commitments cover two Samsung Venture Investment funds with KRW 800 billion of combined capital. A KRW 300 billion DX vehicle will target future technologies including robotics, AI and smart devices. The disclosure did not identify portfolio companies or direct robotics-company investments.

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• 2026-07-21 - Org Change - Samsung creates CEO-led Robotics eXperience division

  RX consolidates Samsung's robotics strategy, core technology and commercialisation under a CEO-led organisation. Samsung plans overseas robotics research hubs in the United States, China and Japan. Humanoid robots are initially targeted at Samsung manufacturing sites.

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• 2026-07-16 - Deployment - Jio Robot supplies Mobile Worker system to Samsung overseas factory

  The supplied platform combines modular autonomous mobile bases with configurable payloads and manipulation hardware. The overseas delivery follows use on a domestic mass-production line in the prior year.

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• 2026-03-01 - Manufacturing - Samsung sets 2030 AI-factory plan with humanoid and specialized robots

  The programme covers inbound logistics, production, quality inspection and shipment through digital twins and specialized AI agents. Samsung says it is introducing operating, logistics and assembly robots, including humanoids, across production lines. Environmental safety robots are planned for hazardous or access-limited infrastructure; the announcement does not quantify deployed robot counts.

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• 2025-01-06 - Product Launch - Samsung unveils Ballie AI companion robot at CES 2025

  Samsung unveiled Ballie during its CES 2025 activity. The company positioned the robot around home AI interaction, assistance and connected-device control.

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• 2024-12-31 - Market Signal - Samsung Electronics moves to become the largest shareholder in Rainbow Robotics

  Samsung Electronics announced that it would exercise a call option to raise its stake in Rainbow Robotics to 35 percent and make the company a subsidiary in Samsung's consolidated financial statements. Samsung said the move was intended to accelerate future robot development including humanoid robots by combining Samsung's AI and software capabilities with Rainbow's robotics technology. The announcement also said Samsung would establish a Future Robotics Office and use Rainbow's collaborative robots, dual-arm mobile manipulators, and AMRs in manufacturing and logistics automation.

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• 2024-10-15 - Partnership - UXV Technologies signs controller-development MoU with Samsung Electronics America

  UXV unveiled SRoC S23, SRoC Tab 5 and SRoC Xcover Pro controllers incorporating Samsung components. The controller launches followed Navigator Tab 5, which supports Galaxy Tab Active5 and Active3 devices. The memorandum was signed at AUSA 2024 in Washington, DC; finalization of the alliance remained a subsequent step.

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• 2024-09-13 - Partnership - Flyability and Samsung sign MOU for Elios 3 indoor inspection drones

  The September 13, 2024 memorandum targets unmanned inspection of equipment and infrastructure inside Samsung semiconductor facilities to improve safety and efficiency. Flyability will develop and supply the systems, while Samsung will maintain and service the resulting drones and integrate them into plant operations. The source identifies Flyability’s Elios 3 as its latest platform, supporting ultrasonic-thickness measurement, radiation detection and surveying payloads.

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Relationships

• Powerauto Robotics

  Technology Partner - Samsung transferred mobile-robot patent technology to Powerauto Robotics through Korea’s technology-sharing programme.

• Zio Robot

  Robot Deployment - Zio Robot Mobile Worker systems are deployed at Samsung Electronics sites for industrial and manufacturing logistics.

• Rainbow Robotics

  Controlling Stake Acquisition - Samsung exercised its option to raise its Rainbow Robotics stake to 35% and consolidate Rainbow as a subsidiary.

• KT Corporation

  Contracted Field Validation Infrastructure - Samsung contracted to provide KT’s AI-RAN validation infrastructure for planned industrial robot field trials beginning in October 2026.

• Seoul National University

  Research Programme Selection - Samsung’s Future Technology programme selected SNU’s electronic-skin and robot-AI research for its second-half 2026 round.

• Waymo

  Autonomous Compute Partnership - Waymo names Samsung among the computing partners supporting development of its autonomous driving compute system.

• UXV Technologies

  Controller Development Mou - UXV and Samsung Electronics America signed an MoU for joint robotics-controller development and marketing, with alliance finalization pending.

• Flyability

  Qualified Robotics/autonomy Relationship - Samsung Electronics and Flyability SA Sign MOU for Development of Drone Technology for Unmanned Indoor Inspection

Comparable profiles

• Nori Robotics

  stack adjacency - Consumer Robotics Platform

• TENNIIX

  stack adjacency - Consumer Robotics Platform

Shared workflows

• Syncere

  workflow adjacency - Smart Home Robotics

• Matic Robots

  workflow adjacency - Smart Home Robotics

• Seismic

  workflow adjacency - Wearable Assistive Robotics

• RB3D

  workflow adjacency - Wearable Assistive Robotics

• Ottobock

  workflow adjacency - Wearable Assistive Robotics

• REEV

  workflow adjacency - Wearable Assistive Robotics

• MileBot Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Wearable Assistive Robotics

• Vilje Bionics

  workflow adjacency - Wearable Assistive Robotics

Context tags

• Consumer Robotics Platform - Stack Layer
• Smart Home Robotics - Workflow
• Wearable Assistive Robotics - Workflow
• Rainbow Robotics Ownership - Stack Layer
• Robot Vacuum Ecosystem - Customer Environment
• Ambient AI Home Interface - Capability