← LandscapeChina (/topics/china-robotics-supply-chain)United States (/topics/us-robotics-supply-chain)Europe (/topics/europe-robotics-supply-chain)Japan (/topics/japan-robotics-supply-chain)South Korea (/topics/korea-robotics-supply-chain)Updated 12 Oct 2026South Korea humanoid supply chain 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. Humanoid programmes Industrial manipulation Holiday Robotics · FRIDAY 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. Sources Current manufacturer description. No production total or customer delivery count is disclosed. Holiday Robotics · company and FRIDAY (https://holiday-robotics.com/about)Manufacturer programme description Company & events → Compliant humanoid WIRobotics · ALLEX 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. Sources Scope is the listed upper-body configuration. Force and handling figures are manufacturer specifications, not independent task validation. WIRobotics · ALLEX specifications (https://corp.wirobotics.com/en/product/allex)Manufacturer product specifications Company & events → Bipedal & wheeled platforms ROBOTIS · AI Sapiens and AI Worker 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. Sources Manufacturer-listed humanoid platform; no production or shipment total is disclosed. ROBOTIS · AI Sapiens (https://robotis.com/en/product/ecosystem-aisapiens.php)Company disclosure ROBOTIS · AI Worker hardware (https://ai.robotis.com/ai_worker/hardware_ai_worker.html)Company disclosure Company & events → Home humanoid LG Electronics · CLOiD 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. Sources CES demonstration and robot architecture; the announcement does not establish commercial deliveries. LG Electronics · CLOiD at CES 2026 (https://www.lg.com/global/newsroom/news/home-appliance-solution/lg-electronics-presents-lg-cloid-home-robot-to-demonstrate-zero-labor-home-at-ces-2026/) · 2026-01-04Company disclosure Company & events → Humanoid development Samsung Electronics · Rainbow Robotics 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. Sources Announced ownership expansion and humanoid development programme. This is distinct from Samsung SDI’s battery roadmap. Samsung Electronics · Rainbow Robotics and Future Robotics Office (https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-to-become-largest-shareholder-in-rainbow-robotics-accelerating-future-robot-development) · 2024-12-31Company disclosure Company & events → Companies by role Robot programmes Holiday Robotics (#company-holiday_robotics) WIRobotics (#company-wirobotics) ROBOTIS (#company-robotis) LG Electronics (#company-lg-electronics) Samsung Electronics (#company-samsung-electronics) Rainbow Robotics (#company-samsung-electronics) Actuators DYNAMIXEL Q (#capabilities) LG AXIUM (#capabilities) Hyundai Mobis (#company-hyundai-mobis) Hands Tesollo (#company-tesollo) Batteries Samsung SDI (#company-samsung-sdi) Humanoid components Dexterous hands (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=dexterous-hands) Tesollo · DG-5F-S hand 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. Sources Commercial launch and variant availability. The report does not identify a humanoid customer or quantify shipments. Tesollo · DG-5F-S commercial launch (https://www.tesollo.com/ko/news/press/tesollo-dg-5f-s-20-dof-commercial-launch) · 2026-02-24Company-hosted launch report Component details → Humanoid joints (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=integrated-actuators) ROBOTIS · DYNAMIXEL Q in AI Sapiens 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. Sources Manufacturer-listed platform and actuator configuration; no production or shipment total is disclosed. ROBOTIS · DYNAMIXEL Q (https://www.robotis.com/en/product/dynamixel-q.php)Manufacturer platform and actuator specifications ROBOTIS · AI Sapiens (https://robotis.com/en/product/ecosystem-aisapiens.php)Manufacturer platform and actuator specifications Component details → Robot actuator range (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=integrated-actuators) LG Electronics · AXIUM actuator launch 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. Sources 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 (https://www.lg.com/global/newsroom/insights/executive-corner/executive-corner-seeing-lg-through-a-new-lens-physical-ai-and-our-next-growth-chapter/) · 2026-09-01Manufacturer launch and product specifications LG Electronics · CLOiD and AXIUM (https://www.lg.com/global/newsroom/news/home-appliance-solution/lg-electronics-presents-lg-cloid-home-robot-to-demonstrate-zero-labor-home-at-ces-2026/) · 2026-01-04Manufacturer launch and product specifications LG · AXIUM actuator range (https://www.lg.com/global/business/compressor-motor/robot-actuator/)Manufacturer launch and product specifications Component details → Atlas supply (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=integrated-actuators) Hyundai Mobis enters humanoid actuator supply with Atlas Hyundai Mobis announced an agreement to supply actuators for Boston Dynamics’ next-generation Atlas, its first official robotics customer. Sources 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 (https://www.mobis.com/en/aboutus/press.do?category=press&idx=6159) · 2026-01-08Company-reported supply agreement Component details → Robot batteries (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=batteries) Samsung SDI targets robot solid-state cells for 2027 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. Sources The roadmap does not establish commercial robot deliveries, a named humanoid customer, production capacity or an achieved runtime improvement. Samsung SDI · robot battery roadmap (https://news.samsungsdi.com/global/articleView?seq=453) · 2026-09-08Manufacturer development roadmap Component details → Production equipment Korean equipment makers cover chip packaging, circuit-board assembly and battery-electrode processing for robot computers, motor drives and battery packs. Hanwha SemitechSMT component-placement machinesChip mounters place electronic components on circuit boards before soldering. The populated boards form motor drives and onboard computers. Sources Motor drives and compute · populated circuit boards Company base · South Korea Hanwha Semitech · SMT equipment (https://www.hanwha.com/companies/hanwha-semitech.do)Hanwha · Semitech name change (https://www.hanwha.co.kr/newsroom/media_center/news/news_view.do?seq=13973)Hanwha · company profile (https://www.hanwha.com/profile/src/pdf/2024%20Hanwha%20Profile%20Full%20Page%20EN.pdf)PCB component placement → (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=compute&route=pcb-assembly&step=pcbPlacement#industrial-compute) Hanwha SemitechDie and flip-chip bondersDie and flip-chip bonders attach semiconductor dies during packaging, before packaged chips are assembled onto compute boards. Sources Onboard compute · semiconductor packages Company base · South Korea Hanwha Semitech · semiconductor equipment (https://www.hanwhasemitech.com/en/)Hanwha · Semitech company profile (https://www.hanwha.com/companies/hanwha-semitech.do)Chip packaging → (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=compute&route=depth-silicon&step=diePackaging#industrial-compute) Hanwha MomentumBattery-electrode coaters and roll pressesCoaters deposit cathode and anode layers; roll presses compress the coated electrodes to a controlled thickness before cell assembly. Sources Battery cells · coated and calendered electrodes Company base · South Korea Hanwha Momentum · electrode processing (https://m.hanwhamomentum.com/eng/business/battery.do)Hanwha · company profile (https://www.hanwha.com/profile/src/pdf/2024%20Hanwha%20Profile%20Full%20Page%20EN.pdf)Electrode coating → (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=batteries&route=depth-cell-production&step=electrodeCoat#industrial-batteries) Robot hardware & manufacturing inputs Tactile integration (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=tactile-sensing) Japan’s XELA announced uSkin integration into Tesollo’s DG-5F hand in December 2025. This adds three-axis contact sensing to the Korean hand platform.Sources The 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 (https://xelarobotics.com/press-release/xela-robotics-unlocks-enhanced-automation-for-humanoid-and-industrial-robots/) · 2026-01-05Manufacturer integration announcement Hand actuation (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=dexterous-hands) Tesollo develops dedicated actuators for its robot hands. The DG-5F-S packages these into 20-DoF and 15-DoF variants, giving integrators a choice of hand size and joint count.Sources Commercial launch and variant availability. The report does not identify a humanoid customer or quantify shipments. Tesollo · DG-5F-S commercial launch (https://www.tesollo.com/ko/news/press/tesollo-dg-5f-s-20-dof-commercial-launch) · 2026-02-24Company-hosted launch report Compliant joints (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=integrated-actuators) ALLEX combines low-friction actuators with gravity compensation at the waist. These mechanisms support force-controlled contact across the upper body.Sources Scope is the listed upper-body configuration. Force and handling figures are manufacturer specifications, not independent task validation. WIRobotics · ALLEX specifications (https://corp.wirobotics.com/en/product/allex)Manufacturer product specifications Onboard compute (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=compute) ROBOTIS specifies NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin for AI Worker, alongside RGB-D cameras and LiDAR. Its own actuators handle joint motion while the NVIDIA module runs onboard computation.Sources Wheeled dual-arm platform. Hardware specifications describe the listed configurations, not achieved autonomous task performance. ROBOTIS · AI Worker hardware (https://ai.robotis.com/ai_worker/hardware_ai_worker.html)Company disclosure Hands & joint integration (/markets/humanoid-robotics/components?component=integrated-actuators) AI Worker’s first six arm joints use DYNAMIXEL Y; its seventh uses DYNAMIXEL P. DYNAMIXEL X drives the head. This configuration combines different actuator families within one robot.Sources Wheeled dual-arm platform. Hardware specifications describe the listed configurations, not achieved autonomous task performance. 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