NAU Robotics

• 2023-04-05 - KRW 4B Series A - $2.7M - Now Robotics raises KRW 4B Series A for industrial and logistics robot expansion

  Now Robotics raised KRW 4 billion in Series A funding to expand production, sales and R&D for industrial and logistics robots. - source: koreatechdesk.com

• Devsisters Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-04-05
• G&Tech Venture Investment - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-04-05
• Hana Securities - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-04-05

• Lee Jong-ju - CEO - He leads Now Robotics as it expands from industrial and logistics robots into reducer and actuator IP for robot drive components.

Events

• 2026-09-07 - Contract Award - NAU Robotics wins KRW2.366B U.S.-bound HEV equipment contract

  The contract value excludes VAT and equals 18.89% of NAU Robotics' 2025 standalone revenue. The disclosed contract period runs from September 7 to November 15, 2026. The order covers assembly equipment rather than a deployment of NAU's robot products.

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• 2026-07-08 - Commercial Order - Now Robotics wins AHC packaging and logistics automation contract

  Scope covers raw and subsidiary material input, product loading, sealing and packaging automation. The AHC contract follows a recent APR order, expanding Now Robotics references in K-beauty automation. The work uses the company's post-Hanyang Robotics manufacturing and automation capacity.

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• 2026-06-30 - Acquisition - Now Robotics completes Hanyang Robotics merger for industrial robot lineup

  The merger adds Hanyang Robotics production and customer capabilities to Now Robotics. The combined portfolio spans take-out robots, articulated robots, SCARA robots, AMRs and FA systems. Now Robotics is also expanding production through a three-site structure and a second factory approval process.

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• 2026-06-10 - Capability - Now Robotics registers five reducer and actuator patents for humanoid and industrial robots

  The patents cover reducer and actuator technologies positioned as core robot drive components. Now Robotics describes the IP as relevant to humanoid joints and industrial robots. The announcement marks IP progress, not a shipped product or customer order.

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• 2026-01-15 - Acquisition - Now Robotics acquires Hanyang Robotics to expand robot production capacity

  The acquisition adds Hanyang Robotics’s 30-year industrial robot heritage to Now Robotics. The move broadens Now Robotics from automation systems toward a larger robot manufacturing base.

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• 2023-04-05 - Funding - Now Robotics raises KRW 4B Series A for industrial and logistics robot expansion

  The Series A round included G&Tech Venture Investment, Devsisters Ventures and Hana Securities. The company tied the capital to production of developed robots and sales-base expansion. The funding preceded the company’s later KOSDAQ path and reducer-actuator IP push.

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Relationships

• Hanyang Robotics

  Absorbed Company - Now Robotics completed the absorption merger of Hanyang Robotics to combine industrial robot production, customer base and product lines.

• VPK

  Hev Assembly Equipment Contract - NAU Robotics contracted with VPK to supply assembly equipment for a U.S.-bound HEV programme.

• AHC / Carver Korea

  Cosmetics Packaging And Logistics Automation Customer - Now Robotics signed a supply contract with AHC for packaging and logistics robot automation equipment.

• AHC

  Packaging Automation Customer - Now Robotics signed a supply contract with AHC for robot automation equipment in cosmetics packaging and logistics.

Comparable profiles

• Bonsystems

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier · Humanoid Actuation Supplier · Zero Backlash Precision Motion

• TQ-RoboDrive

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier · Humanoid Actuation Supplier

• Samhyun

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier · Humanoid Actuation Supplier

• Higen RNM

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier · Humanoid Actuation Supplier

• COSTR Motion

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier · Humanoid Actuation Supplier

• Ti5 Robot

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier

• Tuopu Group

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier

• CubeMars

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier

• Synapticon

  stack adjacency - Humanoid Actuation Supplier

• Schaeffler AG

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier

• maxon

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier

• HLabs

  stack adjacency - Actuator Component Supplier

Context tags

• Actuator component supplier - Stack Layer - Patent announcement covers reducers and actuators for robots.
• Zero-backlash precision motion - Capability - Reducer patents imply precision transmission capability for robot joints.
• Humanoid actuation supplier - Stack Layer - The patents are framed around humanoid robot joint components.

• NAU Robotics wins KRW2.366B U.S.-bound HEV equipment contract

  2026-09-07 · Order / contract · NAU Robotics signed a KRW2.366 billion contract with VPK to build assembly equipment for a U.S.-bound hybrid-electric-vehicle programme.

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• Now Robotics wins AHC packaging and logistics automation contract

  2026-07-08 · Order / contract · Now Robotics signed a supply contract with AHC for robot automation equipment in cosmetics packaging and logistics.

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