Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
N Robotics signs exclusive global ROMI partnership with Bibliotheca
- The companies expect sales of more than 100 robots over three years.
- ROMI combines autonomous navigation and RFID with book search, lending, returns and guidance to book locations.
- Bibliotheca’s international sales and service network will support overseas distribution and joint business development.
TXR Robotics approves KRW30 billion convertible-bond issue
- KRW20 billion is designated for facilities and KRW10 billion for operations, including robot R&D and overseas expansion.
- The bonds carry zero coupon and maturity interest, mature on 20 October 2031 and initially convert at KRW15,633 per share.
- Conversion rights run from 20 October 2027 through 20 September 2031.
Hexar Robotics signs exclusive wearable-robot OEM agreement with Winners Elec
- Winners Elec will handle production-process setup, core modules, precision assembly and outgoing inspection.
- The contract includes guaranteed annual minimum orders and automatic renewal provisions.
- The companies will also explore joint sales channels and government R&D and public-sector projects.
Neubility's NEUBI Shield and Flow receive outdoor-driving safety certifications
- Shield models NB015R3-S and NB015R3-SG are certified for a 10-kilogram payload; Flow model NB015R3-F carries up to 20 kilograms.
- Both certifications specify a maximum speed of 7.2 km/h and a 15-degree maximum climbing angle.
- Crossings without traffic lights require remote control-centre approval before autonomous traversal; Shield also has a lower speed limit on slopes of at least 10 degrees.
RLWRLD plans public robot-serving trial in Otemachi
- The trial is scheduled for October 15–16 on Otemachi Nakadori during WELLNESS WEEKS.
- Robots will use the RLDX-1 foundation model; empty containers will be collected from designated table positions.
- RLWRLD will provide the robots and handle prechecks, monitoring and safety; Mitsubishi Estate supplies the venue and TMIP coordinates the programme.
Lotte Global Logistics selected for national humanoid logistics programme
- The programme runs through March 2031 with Yujin Robot, 씨소, KETI and Lotte Hi-Mart.
- Jincheon, Yangsan and Icheon logistics centres will host six process trials, including picking, packing, inspection and sorter loading.
- Development targets continuous order handling and recovery from exceptions, building on earlier garment-picking and polybag-packing tests.
SPG's flexspline-steel supplier SeAH Besteel enters mass production
- The alloy is designed for flexsplines, which transmit motor power inside precision reducers.
- Alloy design and vacuum-degassing processes target heat-treatment deformation and non-metallic inclusions that can initiate fatigue cracks.
- SeAH Besteel plans to expand the range with additional special-steel grades tailored for humanoid robots.
Doosan Robotics consortium selected for AI welding research project
- The 45-month project targets at least 95% alignment with skilled-worker paths, path error within ±3 mm, automated welding of five or more layers, and more than 50% shorter working time.
- DEEPX will develop NPU-based edge hardware and a vision pipeline; SAGE will handle 3D recognition and defect models, while Changwon contributes path generation and physics-based digital twins.
- Planned trials at Doosan Enerbility’s Nuclear Center will cover tack welding, preheating and welding before broader application to shipbuilding, plant equipment and defence.
Kakao Mobility signs defence orchestration MoU with Korea University
- The planned platform will apply routing, dispatch and multi-robot orchestration to drones, robots and unmanned ground vehicles.
- The collaboration covers defence-AI research, business development and professional training.
- The parties plan to participate in the military-industry-academic cooperation centre in Yongsan, Seoul, under the Defence AX Hub initiative.
Rainbow Robotics adds Heartland Automation for U.S. cobot integration
- Heartland’s integration scope includes engineering, controls, tooling, installation and the conversion of cobots into complete automation solutions.
- The Kentucky company specializes in industrial logistics automation and autonomous mobile robots.
AeiROBOT selected for DAPA Defence Innovation programme
- Selected companies are eligible for up to KRW5 billion in development and commercialisation support.
- Support includes military pilots, procurement incentives and export assistance.
- AeiROBOT is targeting logistics, patrol and rugged operation with ALICE 5 and onboard vision AI.
Avikus wins HiNAS order for 10 Hyundai Glovis newbuild car carriers
- Each 10,800-CEU vessel will receive HiNAS Control and Surround View Monitoring.
- Some vessels have been delivered, with the remaining newbuilds scheduled through 2028.
- The order follows a 2024 pilot and adoption on seven in-service vessels in 2025, bringing the planned equipped fleet to 18 ships.
HD Hyundai delivers vessel with Lashing-Free container technology
- HD Hyundai Samho handled detailed design and vessel construction; the system extends cell guides above deck and uses portable benches.
- The company reports more than 10% additional allowable on-deck cargo weight compared with conventional vessels of the same type.
- September sea trials showed reduced vibration; a future version is being developed with weathertight features.
CP System ROBOKIT selected for MLCC inspection equipment in Vietnam
- ROBOKIT guides power, signal and communications cables along controlled paths as camera heads and actuators move repeatedly at high speed.
- Initial deliveries have begun; the company expects further opportunities as the customer expands production lines and orders follow-on equipment.
- The application covers precise defect inspection of MLCCs and semiconductor substrates using cameras and sensors.
Neuromeka validates single-camera SCDP manipulation on EIR
- EIR performed the cup-separation task without wrist-mounted cameras.
- A separate Franka Panda experiment inserted batteries using one fixed external RGB camera.
- SCDP uses predicted hand trajectories to select visual features at multiple resolutions during action generation.
Sierra Base selected for Scale-up TIPS infrastructure-inspection R&D
- The project targets automated mapping, damage analysis, inspection reports and digital infrastructure management.
- SLAM-based navigation is intended to support GPS-denied inspection beneath bridges.
- IBK Venture Investment will support growth, with Seoul Facilities Corporation participating as a testbed and prospective demand partner.
Rosota selected for TIPS surgical robot training-data R&D
- SurgiLogger attaches sensors to existing laparoscopic instruments to capture pose, insertion depth, gripper state and force alongside video.
- The system is under development, with instrument compatibility, sterilisation and usability being validated.
- The programme aims to produce structured surgical data for robot learning and future assisted or autonomous surgical systems.
Cowin Robotics and Lanxin sign industrial 3D-vision MoU
- The companies plan to improve perception and decision-making for industrial robots, including autonomous mobile robots.
- Future work is intended to extend into robot foundation models, vision-language-action systems and humanoid control.
- Joint business development will focus on Asia-Pacific markets including India and Vietnam.
MFR wins POSCO plate-warehouse robot supply project
- The system combines sensor-fusion navigation with AI and 3D vision-guided robotic-arm control.
- A variable lifting mechanism and multi-axis control support spacer placement between stacked steel plates.
- Automatic charging and wireless supervision let operators monitor work outside hazardous areas.
SEMIFIVE signs Mobilint turnkey robotics AI chip development contract
- The proposed chip targets agricultural and outdoor robots that must process vision and sensor data with limited server connectivity.
- Planned interfaces include LPDDR6, PCIe Gen6 and UCIe-S chiplet interconnects.
- Mobilint defines performance targets under SEMIFIVE’s Spec Hand-off model.
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BRILS begins trading on KOSDAQ following its robotics IPO
- The IPO was priced at KRW 19,500 per share, the top of its indicated range.
- The planned Songdo expansion would create a 4,654.54-square-metre R&D and manufacturing base, including a humanoid centre and 32-GPU data infrastructure.
- BRILS plans to expand Asan production, North American production and services in Michigan, and component development in Daegu.
KIRO and Hanwha Ocean sign shipyard robotics research MoU
- The agreement follows a July 31 KIRO visit to Hanwha Ocean’s facilities and connects research infrastructure with shipyard needs.
- Cooperation includes research-personnel exchange, shared facilities and equipment, policy advice and joint technical events.
- The parties plan to define detailed projects leading to technology development and field validation.
SKPack selected to lead Physical AI autonomous-manufacturing R&D project
- The consortium includes Sejong University, the University of Toronto, CUUVA and a Korean food manufacturer.
- SKPack will develop integrated control of heterogeneous collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots.
- Simulation and staged food-factory validation precede future commercialization.
AeiROBOT plans KRW40B humanoid factory in Ansan
- Construction is scheduled to start in November 2026, with completion targeted for October 2027.
- The three-storey site will combine research and mass-production functions.
- The agreement involves Ansan City, the Gyeonggi Free Economic Zone Authority and Hanyang University's ERICA campus.
KOAI signs two-year surface-robot validation contract with KOEM
- KOEM will provide wave-basin testing, vessels, response facilities and specialist personnel.
- Work includes integrated control-platform operation, real-sea trials and commercialization consulting.
- Development targets integrated surface and underwater perception and autonomous navigation.
T-Robotics leads KRW4.5B manufacturing-humanoid R&D programme
- The programme includes approximately KRW4.5 billion of government funding and is administered through KEIT.
- KAIST and a major Korean display manufacturer are participating in the project.
- TR-WORKS is planned for progressive validation and application in core manufacturing processes over five years.
LG Innotek begins Korean public-road autonomy sensor fleet
- The vehicles are intended to collect real-world sensor data mainly in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi.
- The data supports Applied Intuition digital-twin validation and LG Innotek sensor-fusion development.
- LG Innotek targets approximately 20 data-collection and autonomy-development vehicles by 2028.
Neubility unveils Billi wheeled semi-humanoid
- The prototype combines an autonomous wheeled base with dual arms, hands, a rotating height-adjustable upper body and a rear cargo compartment.
- The demonstration showed Billi approaching shelving, picking up a box, loading it into its compartment and then using an elevator to exit.
- A first CJ CheilJedang food-manufacturing proof of concept is planned for the second half of 2026.
BigWave Robotics begins trading on KOSDAQ
- The offering comprised 1.52 million newly issued shares and 80,000 secondary shares, for KRW28.8 billion of aggregate gross offering value.
- Korea Exchange records show 10,270,411 shares listed on the first trading day.
- The transaction is recorded as a public-market listing, not a private funding round.
Angel Robotics unveils phai-x1 wearable research platform
- The platform is based on ANGEL SUIT H10 hardware and adds an XM10 expansion module for independent hip-joint control and data access.
- Researchers can run custom control algorithms at 1 kHz while collecting robot-state and human-motion data.
- The platform supports research using inertial measurement, electromyography and ground-reaction-force data.
Roboworks share exchange wins Elevision shareholder approval
- Both special resolutions passed with 100% of votes cast in favour, representing 48.6% of voting issued shares.
- The articles amendments add robot-product and software businesses and change the authorised share-capital clause.
Neuromeka selected to lead KRW17.5B autonomous-welding programme
- The project has a total budget of KRW17.5 billion, including KRW10.5 billion in government R&D support.
- Work covers multimodal welding datasets and a Large Action Model that selects welding paths and conditions.
- Commercialisation is intended for shipbuilding, steel and other heavy-industry settings after hardware validation.
Mobilint selected for four on-device AI semiconductor programmes
- Mobilint is developing robot-specific AI chips with LG Electronics, Doosan Robotics and Daedong, with validation on the partner platforms.
- The Doosan-led cobot project runs through December 2030; Doosan develops the robot and controller while AIDIN develops sensor-integrated two-finger and multi-finger grippers.
- AIDIN also plans a force-and-tactile data collection SDK, followed by logistics and manufacturing trials before commercialisation.
Raion Robotics outlines RAIBO3 prototype and production roadmap
- The initial market focus is defence, followed by police and industrial-safety applications.
- The company plans capacity for up to 300 units in the second half of 2027.
- Its longer-range guidance calls for annual production of at least 1,000 units in 2028.
Samsung C&T and HL Robotics agree PARKIE–Homeniq validation
- Two PARKIE systems are planned for Raemian Gallery in Seoul to test vehicle entry and exit and gather operating data.
- The work will connect PARKIE robot controls with Homeniq residential services.
- The partners may later consider new Raemian developments and redevelopment or remodeling sites.
RAIBO2 energy-efficiency study published in Nature
- The robot completed the 42.195 km Sangju Marathon in November 2024 in 4:19:52 without a battery change.
- The paper reports a total cost of transport of 0.25 and more than three times the per-charge travel range of comparison quadrupeds.
- Its efficiency work combines lightweight force-transparent mechanics, a low-resistance motor-drive circuit and a low-loss locomotion policy.
LS Electric puts two Spot robots into regular Busan plant operation
- The robots inspect vacuum pressure drying equipment and collect heat, noise and vibration data for predictive maintenance.
- They also support AIVI and environmental monitoring inside the plant.
- Future AI-model development and expansion to additional sites remain plans, not part of the current deployment.
Hyundai Rotem partners with Hyundai Motor on aerospace smart-factory automation
- The collaboration targets safer work and improved production quality rather than an already completed robot deployment.
- Hyundai Motor will contribute smart-factory and advanced unmanned-automation technology from its manufacturing operations.
- Hyundai Rotem’s planned aerospace production complex is tied to a KRW300 billion investment programme through 2034.
Samhyun secures initial North American AXLON production order
- AXLON integrates a motor, reducer and controller in one joint module, with a 12-model actuator line.
- Samhyun plans to begin North American supply from its Changwon No. 2 plant in December 2026.
- The company has additional development and validation projects under way with several global customers.
RLWRLD and CJ Logistics deepen logistics Physical AI partnership
- CJ Logistics will define automation requirements and performance criteria using operating data from parcel, fulfilment and cold-chain workflows.
- RLWRLD will lead development of the robot foundation model and Physical AI software, including perception and action across multimodal sensor inputs.
- Planned field validation includes parcel-orientation work and collection of precise hand-motion data before broader picking, sorting and inspection use.
Cleantech completes delivery of 21 robots to Incheon Airport
- The delivered fleet includes SP50 dry-vacuum robots and L3 wet floor-scrubbing robots.
- Cleantech will connect the robots to its data-driven AI operating scenarios and robot-SI layer for the airport environment.
- The company is responsible for the hardware, system integration and ongoing maintenance through its direct service network.
CrowdWorks wins MOBILUS agricultural autonomy data contract
- The dataset uses pixel-level semantic segmentation for cultivated land, vegetation, farm roads and dirt tracks to improve field-boundary recognition.
- Obstacle labels capture size, position and distance so the autonomous-driving system can determine emergency-stop and slow-down behaviour.
- CrowdWorks will establish farm-specific annotation guidelines and apply its 2D, 3D LiDAR and multimodal data-processing experience to the project.
Hanwha Aerospace signs drone-production MOUs with 43 Korean companies
- The agreements were signed at Hanwha's Changwon Plant 1 and span airframes, parts, materials and mission equipment.
- For the GA-ASI Mojave STOL programme, Hanwha plans Korean R&D and production infrastructure with a domestic-production target above 70% at the mass-production stage.
- Hanwha plans to pair smaller military drones with existing K9 and Chunmoo systems in overseas sales proposals.
Rainbow Robotics adds E Tech Group as U.S. servicing system integrator
- Applications include machine tending, welding, palletizing, inspection and assembly.
- Laboratory projects can combine robotic workcells with instruments, schedulers and LIMS systems, plus controls integration and validation support.
- E Tech Group will provide customer-site installation and first-level service, including authorized warranty support.
Samhyun targets July 2027 launch for second-generation robot actuator
- The first-generation actuator is targeted for mass production as early as the end of 2026, with second-generation production expected in the second half of 2027.
- Samhyun is targeting mean time between failures of about 20,000 hours for the second generation, matching the stated first-generation level.
- The higher torque-density target is intended to reduce actuator weight and energy burden in humanoid joints.
Doosan Robotics appoints Kwon Young-min as CEO
- Kwon Young-min joined Doosan strategic planning in 2000 and led China sales, marketing and global service at Doosan Infracore from 2010 to 2017.
- He served as Doosan Bobcat chief strategy officer from 2018 to 2020 before becoming CEO of Doosan Motrol in 2021.
- Kwon holds an engineering degree from Yonsei University and a master of accounting from the University of Illinois.
T-Robotics plans U.S. production base as vacuum-robot and ESS orders grow
- The company is evaluating multiple U.S. regions, including factory-site and leasing options, alongside its existing Silicon Valley and Texas entities.
- T-Robotics says cumulative Ford Energy ESS AMR and automation orders since May total about KRW19B, with an additional roughly $2.63M system order recently disclosed.
- The planned base is intended to improve delivery, technical support, FCC and regulatory response, and supply-chain resilience in North America.
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Tommoro Robotics selected for Korea’s Scale-up TIPS programme
- The programme work targets a robot foundation model and field-operations software that can run across humanoid manufacturers and model types.
- Tommoro plans validation with manufacturing and logistics customer companies to improve task speed and stability while reducing human intervention.
- The company’s HABILIS stack combines high-level reasoning, perception, control and self-refinement for deployable physical-AI agents.
XYZ details DEUX motor-current-based impedance control
- DEUX infers contact force from motor current rather than relying on separate joint torque sensors.
- Local motor-side control is intended to reduce communication-delay effects during physical contact and manipulation.
- XYZ is still developing dynamic impedance control that varies joint stiffness across approach, contact and manipulation phases.
Hyundai could start October production of Waymo IONIQ 5 robotaxis
- Production would take place at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Georgia, where IONIQ 5 vehicles for Waymo are assembled.
- Hyundai has publicly said the first IONIQ 5 Waymo robotaxis are scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2026.
- The vehicles are planned for integration with Waymo’s autonomous technology before joining the Waymo One fleet.
Dental Robotics raises seed funding
- AI Angel Club, CNTech, People Investment and Digital Healthcare Partners invested.
- The company plans further system development, clinical validation and medical-device licensing.
- Its suction robot combines dental scans and real-time vision with a six-axis arm; a reported alignment test succeeded in 98.6% of 210 cases.
Rainbow Robotics humanoid assistants support simulated surgery in Korean project
- One robot recognised instruments by camera rather than fixed position and handed them to the surgeon on voice command, while the other held the endoscope using visual servoing to follow the surgeon's instrument movements and pulled tissue on request.
- The project is led by Samsung Seoul Hospital with the National Cancer Center, Jeonbuk National University Hospital, the industry-academic foundations of Seoul National University and Sungkyunkwan University, and companies including Rainbow Robotics, AIDIN Robotics and Ha Haeho.
- The work is at proof-of-concept stage roughly 15 months into a five-year programme building an operating-room assistant robot, an approach the team contrasts with console-based surgical robots.
ROBROS receives M.AX commendation for IGRIS-C commercialization
- The commendation was presented at the 2026 M.AX Awards on September 17.
- The recognition cited IGRIS-C commercialization for manufacturing and logistics workflows.
AD Systems closes Series A to expand UAV production
- Korea Development Bank, SmileGate Investment, Mirae Asset Venture Capital, Mirae Asset Capital, Flux Ventures and Innopolis Partners also participated.
- The company plans to expand production facilities and automation equipment while continuing development of its AD-4000 platform.
- An existing KRW8.7B Army programme calls for delivery of 3,792 AD-ME1 training drones.
Hyundai Glovis and Samsung C&T plan AMR parcel delivery in smart buildings
- Hyundai Glovis will develop collection, storage and transport solutions; Samsung C&T will prepare building environments and customer services.
- The proposed workflow spans parcel receipt, sorting, inter-floor movement and delivery to office floors or desks.
- The partners plan to select application sites and begin proof-of-concept work in 2027 before defining a commercial service model.
Samsung Heavy Industries and KIRO sign shipyard robotics MoU
- The agreement was signed at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard on September 16 and disclosed September 17.
- Work is directed at shipyard-specific robots and on-site validation; the announcement does not report a new commercial deployment.
- The parties have previously collaborated on mobile and autonomous welding robots.
Korean Air demonstrates 22-drone autonomous swarm flight and strike
- Two lead drones ran AI-based automatic target recognition for threat detection and reconnaissance, ten flew high-manoeuvre profiles to disrupt enemy air defence, and ten dived vertically for precision strike on the identified targets.
- The run was operated through Korean Air's independently developed integrated battlefield management system, with the AI briefing live mission status aloud as it moved from position confirmation to target identification.
- Korean Air said it was the only participating company to demonstrate domestically developed AI drone technology, and that the drill showed a single operator controlling multiple UAVs at once.
Doosan Robotics and peaq partner on robot identity and machine financing
- The peaqOS stack gives each enrolled robot an identity and a wallet, turns its track record into a credit rating lenders can check, and adds manufacturer attestation that the machine, firmware and history are genuine.
- Processing runs locally on the Doosan controller inside the customer's own cell, so raw machine data does not leave the operator; only proofs and aggregate indicators are shared.
- The first robot is in testing, with more Doosan robots to be activated in the coming months, toward machines that can be underwritten, financed and insured on their own verified record rather than their owner's balance sheet.
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BRILS plans Incheon humanoid centre with teleoperation data factory
- The planned 1,500-pyeong facility would combine humanoid hardware development, data collection and AI model development, with construction expected to begin in October.
- BRILS intends to buy about 20 teleoperation rigs to build a data factory, and has already invested KRW 3 billion in GPU servers with further expansion planned.
- Products intended for the United States are being configured with US-made parts to meet the FCC requirement that more than 65% of component cost originate in the US, and a robot parts and equipment R&D centre is planned in Daegu.
Cowin Robotics completes AI robot-simulation system for U.S. ESS project
- The system models layouts, robot paths, work sequences and takt time while identifying bottlenecks and robot-interference risks.
- It can connect Cowin and third-party robots and equipment, supporting projects involving hundreds of robots.
- For the U.S. ESS project, Cowin has already simulated the planned assembly automation and will use the system for real-time process monitoring after installation.
Sigetronics begins mass production of silicon APDs for robotic laser ranging
- The company describes the 540 nm and 660 nm devices as short-range optical-sensing components.
- A 905 nm APD for industrial and automotive lidar is targeted for mass production by the end of 2026.
- Sigetronics is planning an annual supply chain of several million units around initial customers and industrial applications; this is a target, not reported shipments.
BigWave Robotics prices KOSDAQ IPO at KRW18,000
- The offering comprises 1.6 million shares for total proceeds of KRW28.8 billion.
- Institutional bookbuilding drew 2,255 participating institutions and a reported 1,109.37-to-one competition ratio.
- Retail subscriptions run September 15–16, with listing scheduled for September 29.
X-Up signs golf-course validation MOU for autonomous divot-repair robot
- The robot is intended to navigate a golf course, identify damaged turf and perform divot-repair work without manual driving.
- HL D&I Halla contributes drone survey mapping and data analysis, while X-Up supplies the robot and Jack Nicklaus Golf Club provides the test environment and evaluation.
- The partners plan a live industry demonstration in October 2026 after the field-validation phase.
Robotous approves KRW 8.1 billion third-party share issuance
- The filing allocates 450,000 common shares to Hyundai Corporation at KRW 18,000 per share.
- Robotous said the transaction is intended to strengthen sales cooperation and broader business collaboration.
- Payment is scheduled for September 29, 2026, with the new shares subject to a one-year lock-up.
Hyundai puts autonomous-driving Data Flywheel into operation
- NVIDIA-based Level 2+ production vehicles are targeted for the first half of 2028, followed by Level 2++ vehicles in the second half of 2028.
- Hyundai and 42dot target production of proprietary Atria AI Level 2++ vehicles in the second half of 2029.
- The operating framework uses about 40 dedicated data vehicles, hard-example mining, continuous training and virtual validation, with a Level 4 Gwangju pilot planned by year-end.
FCC rules halt Rainbow Robotics’ U.S. exports and pause RB-Y1 order
- Rainbow Robotics’ U.S. exports have stopped under FCC restrictions that took effect July 28 for advanced foreign-made robots without new approval.
- A North American customer order covering tens of RB-Y1 mobile manipulators is paused rather than cancelled.
- Resuming exports may require conditional U.S. approval or a manufacturing and supply-chain structure that meets domestic-content requirements.
MAUM.AI wins KRW2.106B Hanwha Ocean autonomous-welding AI contract
- The contract period runs from September 11, 2026 through July 31, 2027.
- The disclosed value is KRW2.1062 billion excluding VAT.
- The award equals about 21.5% of MAUM.AI’s 2025 consolidated revenue, making it material to the supplier.
Tmoney Mobility signs three-party robotaxi research agreement
- The agreement extends Tmoney Mobility’s June 30 autonomous-taxi platform cooperation with the Seoul Taxi Association.
- The first policy seminar convened taxi operators, Seoul officials, autonomous-driving companies and researchers on September 11.
- Tmoney plans to contribute TmoneyGO’s 14.5 million-member platform plus taxi dispatch, control, data-integration, payment and settlement capabilities.
Jaisworks signs robot-control research agreement with University of Toronto
- The work targets higher precision and accuracy in a simulation-to-control pipeline for existing industrial robots.
- Jaisworks leads the project; the University of Toronto is the international research partner and Sungkonghoe University supports validation.
- The programme was selected for a TIPA global collaborative R&D planning track.
Taekyung delivers vehicle-mounted drone systems for public-safety pilots
- Recipients are Daejeon West Fire Station and Korea Expressway Corporation.
- The deployments were made through Korea’s innovative-product procurement programme.
- The systems support public-safety observation and other vehicle-based field missions.
Hyundai Mobis reveals two robot actuator types at R&D Tech Day
- The actuator work formed part of an R&D showcase covering more than 60 next-generation technologies at the company’s Yongin technical centre.
- Hyundai Mobis is developing robot actuators alongside its January 2026 collaboration to supply components for Boston Dynamics Atlas.
- Customers from North America and Asia are attending the programme for order and technical-cooperation discussions.
KT starts AI-RAN robot trials at HD Hyundai Samho shipyard
- The field stack combines standalone 5G, network slicing, local GPU compute, AI-RAN and autonomous network management.
- A quadruped welding system is intended to perceive the work environment and automate a process that previously required manual robot movement and exception handling.
- The painting robot transmits high-resolution hull imagery for real-time analysis, identifies target areas and navigates through the worksite autonomously.
WEFLO to supply VAIS inspection system for Hyundai parking-robot pilot
- The government-backed smart-city sandbox covers about 53 parking spaces on the first underground level.
- VAIS analyzes 32 exterior areas and compares before-and-after images to identify new scratches, dents, separation and breakage.
- WEFLO says the system is already in commercial operation at vehicle-service sites in Pocheon, Yongin and Hwaseong.
Aidin Robotics secures 16 billion won investment from HD Hyundai Robotics and Samsung Venture Investment
- HD Hyundai Robotics and Aidin will jointly develop a five-finger robotic hand for HD Hyundai’s humanoid platform.
- The collaboration also targets surface-treatment automation for shipbuilding and heavy-industry workflows.
- The financing closed on September 10 and HD Hyundai Robotics disclosed its investment on September 11.
Yuil Robotics consortium selected for standardized humanoid-battery R&D programme
- The programme covers high-power all-solid-state cells and packs, battery-management systems and hot-swapping.
- SK On participates as the battery-technology partner in the Yuil-led consortium.
- The resulting power system will be installed in physical humanoids for performance and safety validation.
Kakao Mobility reports 2,000 autonomous rides and 13,000 km in Gangnam
- The overnight service began in March with two vehicles and expanded to six in August.
- Kakao plans to combine perception and decision-making in one end-to-end model while retaining rule-based safety checks.
- The service has an average rider rating of 4.97 out of five; one reported rear-end collision caused no injuries.
Neuromeka signs KRW180B Pohang robot-foundry partnership
- The KRW40 billion first phase is planned to add Neuromeka production lines plus OEM, ODM, validation and low-volume manufacturing for other robotics companies.
- A later KRW140 billion phase is intended to add a robot-data foundry and an AI data centre dedicated to robot inference services.
- Construction is targeted for November 2026, with completion and full operation planned for December 2027.
Hyundai Motor reportedly plans Korean robot data factory
- A site near Seoul is under consideration, with industry sources estimating that hundreds of Robotics Lab machines could be used for data collection.
- The facility would focus on proprietary automotive-production tasks, while external data providers would continue supplying more general manipulation data.
- Hyundai Motor said the location and scale have not been finalized.
BigWave Robotics and Space Factory plan humanoid modular-housing deployment
- The first workflow targets flexible, irregular fiberglass insulation that is difficult to automate with conventional industrial robots.
- The partners plan phased introduction from 2026 while collecting real-site data for construction-focused Physical AI development.
- BigWave says humanoid-related projects account for approximately 20% of its 2026 revenue and cites prior deliveries in heavy industry, cosmetics and automotive-parts manufacturing.
Samsung SDS launches Robotics Transformation business
- Team REX brings together 10 Physical AI companies spanning hardware, intelligence, data and simulation.
- Initial deployment work targets Samsung manufacturing sites and approximately 430 external MES customers.
- The orchestration platform is planned for 2027 and is not yet a launched product.
Hyundai expands Level 2+ development to combustion and hybrid vehicles
- Combustion and hybrid platforms require additional power, cooling and powertrain-control integration for the driving computer and sensors.
- Hyundai expects supervised-driving performance and safety to be comparable across electric, gasoline and hybrid platforms.
- The programme extends the group's previously announced staged roadmap from Level 2+ production vehicles toward Atria AI and Level 4 capability.
IL plans 24,269 m² humanoid and Physical AI manufacturing hub
- The proposed site would connect robot manufacturing, scenario validation and field-data feedback for factory and logistics use cases.
- IL is still in the process of acquiring IL Mobility, whose site underpins the plan.
- No opening date, commissioned production line or output target was disclosed, so the event remains a facility plan.
SPG reducers integrated into KAIROS humanoid standard drive modules
- The reducers are used in KAIROS drive modules at the waist, hips and ankles.
- The hardware outcome follows an actuator-development agreement signed with KIMM in October 2025.
- KIMM is targeting KAIROS V1 for April 2027; the disclosure does not establish commercial-volume reducer shipments.
Ninano and Pulmuone launch Nanjido drone-delivery pilot
- Pulmuone stocks refrigerated and frozen goods at a local micro-fulfilment hub, while customers order through the Chulchul Box app and Ninano drones carry purchases to designated pickup points.
- Flights take about 7-10 minutes and can carry 8-10 kg; ordering is available from 10:00 to 16:00 and delivery is free to residents during the pilot.
- A July 31 flight was a demonstration, while September 8 marks the start of the live island service.
Nota AI joins LG Electronics and Mobilint humanoid AI programme
- Nota AI will lead the humanoid AI model optimization track under the K-On-Device AI Semiconductor Technology Development Program.
- The work focuses on compressing vision-language-action models for Mobilint hardware, then validating inference on an integrated humanoid system.
- LG Electronics is responsible for the humanoid system, while Mobilint supplies the neural processing unit.
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.
NAMUGA selected for North American humanoid stereo-camera programme
- The camera module passed proof-of-concept and technical validation for the production programme.
- Initial supply is scheduled for 2027, with mass production planned for 2028.
- The customer remains unnamed, so the selection is represented as an exploratory supply signal rather than a bilateral named-company edge.
RideFlux and Tata Daewoo partner on heavy-truck autonomy
- Tata Daewoo provides the vehicle and control platform while RideFlux supplies the driving-control software.
- The first programme covers Level 2+ driver-assistance functionality on production heavy-truck platforms.
- Level 4 autonomous trucking remains a development direction under the MoU.
Seoul selects three autonomous-transport platform operators
- Each operator will provide reservation, dispatch, payment and route-guidance functions for two years after signing its agreement with Seoul.
- The platforms must complete public-service integration by December 31; the awards do not mean all three services are live yet.
- Hyundai is the first automaker selected to operate a Seoul robotaxi platform directly; T-money Mobility participates with the Seoul Taxi Transportation Cooperative.
STRADVISION joins Arm robotics capability framework initiative
- The framework is intended to define reusable robotics capabilities and system requirements across silicon, middleware, perception and applications.
- STRADVISION contributes automotive-grade visual-perception expertise to the initiative.
- STRADVISION brings production experience in detection, classification, depth estimation and semantic segmentation to the physical-AI ecosystem.
RAION Robotics and Korea Southern Power launch quadruped power-plant program
- The Sept. 7 kickoff was held at Korea Southern Power’s Samcheok Bitdream plant and publicly announced Sept. 8.
- The program covers development and field demonstration for safety inspection in hazardous plant environments.
- The report does not name an exact RAION product, so the event remains company-level rather than being forced onto RAIBO2.
XYZ BrainX halves real-robot clothes-folding time at 96% success
- XYZ reported that its BrainX behavior-intelligence platform reduced a robot clothing-folding task from about 50 seconds to 25 seconds.
- The 2× execution-speed test retained a 96% success rate, compared with 100% at the original speed.
- The demonstration combined asynchronous inference, low-sampling acceleration, smoothing filters and adaptive velocity control on a Galaxy R1 Pro Lite robot.
Doosan Robotics details staged path to industrial humanoid PoC
- The company plans to collect real industrial-task data through deployed cobots before expanding the robot embodiment.
- Target task intelligence includes skilled industrial processes such as surface treatment and welding.
- The 2028 humanoid endpoint was disclosed previously; the Sept. 7 milestone is the newly detailed development sequence, not a new programme launch.
Samhyun reports four robot programme orders and expands actuator capacity
- The company says it is discussing supply with more than 20 companies, including global humanoid developers.
- Current awarded work covers four robot programmes: two global and two domestic.
- The capacity plan spans integrated actuators plus motors, controllers and reducers; the 500,000-unit figure is planned capacity, not present shipments.
Hyundai WIA wins unmanned-forklift supply order for Kia Autoland Hwaseong
- Hyundai WIA announced the order on 7 September 2026.
- The project is the first disclosed customer deployment for its unmanned-forklift offering.
- The May 2027 installation remains planned and is not recorded as a completed deployment.
RoboCon receives strategic convertible-bond investment
- The investment was made through the PlanH-XPLOR Green Smart City Venture Investment Partnership.
- The investors are backing RoboCon's automation systems for rebar processing, assembly and transport on construction sites.
- The disclosed KRW38.5 billion figure is the size of the broader fund, not the amount invested in RoboCon.
Wonik Robotics launches five-finger Allegro Hand V6 F
- V6 F moves the Allegro Hand line from a four-finger to a five-finger, 20-degree-of-freedom architecture while reducing overall size by more than 20% against the previous generation.
- It captures contact data across the fingertips, finger joints and palm, and lets users configure control modes and response characteristics per task.
- The launch follows a confirmed KRW 350 billion investment plan covering KRW 150 billion from the National Growth Fund Advanced Strategic Industry Fund and KRW 200 billion from private investors for a robotic hand plant and AX Centre in Wanju.
LG Electronics pursues robot-actuator orders with global technology companies
- An October meeting with one prospective customer is expected to cover production readiness and technical requirements.
- LG describes the actuator stack as a motor, reducer and drive PCB.
- LG says its high-speed motor technology can reduce motor size by 30-40%; reducer development and sourcing remain in progress.
Robotable wins KIRIA humanoid public-operations contract
- KIRIA selected Robotable through a limited competitive negotiated procurement for transport, setup, operation, visitor response, safety and post-event support.
- The programme begins September 4 at the 2026 Daegu EXCO multicultural expo.
- The four platforms are MCR-1A, Neuromeka NAMI, ROBOTIS AI Worker and Robros IGRIS-C.
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 additional packing work; those tasks remain planned rather than deployed.