ROBOTIS develops humanoid platforms and the actuators that drive them. LG is building CLOiD and its AXIUM actuator business; Samsung Electronics is pursuing humanoid development with Rainbow Robotics. Hyundai Mobis has agreed to supply Atlas actuators, while Samsung SDI is developing robot batteries.
Seoul-based Holiday Robotics develops FRIDAY for industrial manipulation. The company lists 64 degrees of freedom, including 20 in each hand, alongside its Holiday Sim simulator, Holiday Lab learning platform and OASys deployment software.
Current manufacturer description. No production total or customer delivery count is disclosed.
Holiday Robotics · company and FRIDAY
Manufacturer programme description
WIRobotics lists ALLEX as a humanoid upper body with compliant arms, hands, neck and waist. Low-friction actuators and a gravity-compensating waist mechanism support force-controlled interaction. The listed configuration currently has no lower body.
Scope is the listed upper-body configuration. Force and handling figures are manufacturer specifications, not independent task validation.
WIRobotics · ALLEX specifications
Manufacturer product specifications
AI Sapiens is a 23-DOF bipedal humanoid built around ROBOTIS’s DYNAMIXEL Q actuators. AI Worker is a separate wheeled platform with two seven-axis arms, using DYNAMIXEL Y, P and X actuators. Both connect ROBOTIS’s joint hardware with complete robot development.
Manufacturer-listed humanoid platform; no production or shipment total is disclosed.
ROBOTIS · AI Sapiens
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ROBOTIS · AI Worker hardware
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LG introduced CLOiD at CES 2026: a wheeled home robot with a tilting torso, two seven-axis arms and five independently actuated fingers per hand. Its demonstration programme covers kitchen and laundry tasks linked to LG’s appliances.
CES demonstration and robot architecture; the announcement does not establish commercial deliveries.
LG Electronics · CLOiD at CES 2026 · 2026-01-04
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Samsung announced a Future Robotics Office in December 2024 and a humanoid-development collaboration combining its AI and software with Rainbow Robotics’ robotics technology. The office was established under the CEO, led by Rainbow co-founder Jun-Ho Oh.
Announced ownership expansion and humanoid development programme. This is distinct from Samsung SDI’s battery roadmap.
Samsung Electronics · Rainbow Robotics and Future Robotics Office · 2024-12-31
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Tesollo commercialised its compact DG-5F-S hand in February 2026. It uses the company’s dedicated hand actuators in a five-finger, 20-DoF design, with a separate 15-DoF option for smaller hands and simpler manipulation requirements.
Commercial launch and variant availability. The report does not identify a humanoid customer or quantify shipments.
Tesollo · DG-5F-S commercial launch · 2026-02-24
Company-hosted launch report
ROBOTIS builds AI Sapiens around its DYNAMIXEL Q quasi-direct-drive actuators. The Q series combines a frameless BLDC motor, gearing and motor/output encoders, with torque and impedance-control modes for joint motion.
Manufacturer-listed platform and actuator configuration; no production or shipment total is disclosed.
ROBOTIS · DYNAMIXEL Q
Manufacturer platform and actuator specifications
ROBOTIS · AI Sapiens
Manufacturer platform and actuator specifications
LG launched AXIUM at CES 2026, with joint drives from 40 to 120 mm in diameter and separate wheel drives. In September, it said full-scale production of humanoid actuators was expected to begin during 2026.
The September statement is a production target, not confirmation that full-scale output has started. No external humanoid customer or delivered volume is identified.
LG Electronics · actuator production outlook · 2026-09-01
Manufacturer launch and product specifications
LG Electronics · CLOiD and AXIUM · 2026-01-04
Manufacturer launch and product specifications
LG · AXIUM actuator range
Manufacturer launch and product specifications
Hyundai Mobis announced an agreement to supply actuators for Boston Dynamics’ next-generation Atlas, its first official robotics customer.
The announcement describes future supply and plans to build manufacturing capability. It discloses no delivered actuator volume, contract value or per-robot allocation. Hyundai’s separate robot-factory capacity plan is not Mobis actuator output.
Hyundai Mobis · Boston Dynamics collaboration · 2026-01-08
Company-reported supply agreement
Samsung SDI is developing SolidStack pouch-type all-solid-state batteries for robots, with mass production targeted for H2 2027. Samples were shown in March 2026.
The roadmap does not establish commercial robot deliveries, a named humanoid customer, production capacity or an achieved runtime improvement.
Samsung SDI · robot battery roadmap · 2026-09-08
Manufacturer development roadmap
Korean equipment makers cover chip packaging, circuit-board assembly and battery-electrode processing for robot computers, motor drives and battery packs.
Chip mounters place electronic components on circuit boards before soldering. The populated boards form motor drives and onboard computers.
Motor drives and compute · populated circuit boards
Company base · South Korea
Hanwha Semitech · SMT equipmentHanwha · Semitech name changeHanwha · company profileDie and flip-chip bonders attach semiconductor dies during packaging, before packaged chips are assembled onto compute boards.
Onboard compute · semiconductor packages
Company base · South Korea
Hanwha Semitech · semiconductor equipmentHanwha · Semitech company profileCoaters deposit cathode and anode layers; roll presses compress the coated electrodes to a controlled thickness before cell assembly.
Battery cells · coated and calendered electrodes
Company base · South Korea
Hanwha Momentum · electrode processingHanwha · company profileThe named integration is DG-5F, not DG-5F-S. The January announcement gives an order-opening target; it does not confirm deliveries or volumes.
XELA Robotics · uSkin hand integrations · 2026-01-05
Manufacturer integration announcement
Commercial launch and variant availability. The report does not identify a humanoid customer or quantify shipments.
Tesollo · DG-5F-S commercial launch · 2026-02-24
Company-hosted launch report
Scope is the listed upper-body configuration. Force and handling figures are manufacturer specifications, not independent task validation.
WIRobotics · ALLEX specifications
Manufacturer product specifications
Wheeled dual-arm platform. Hardware specifications describe the listed configurations, not achieved autonomous task performance.
ROBOTIS · AI Worker hardware
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Wheeled dual-arm platform. Hardware specifications describe the listed configurations, not achieved autonomous task performance.
ROBOTIS · AI Worker hardware
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