Company

Rainbow Robotics

South Korean robotics company developing the RB series collaborative robot arms for industrial automation.

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Founded: 2011
HQ: Daejeon, South Korea
Status: active

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As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Rainbow Robotics: 1 model. 1 source back the record.

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Regional ecosystem

Rainbow Robotics is one of 48 verified robotics companies in South Korea →

Valuation of record

Company-claimed

$181M (reported, approximate)as of Mar 2025

AcquisitionAcquired by Samsung Electronics

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Key facts

Daejeon, South Korea

Founded

2011

Product

RB series — collaborative robot arms for industrial applications

Market position

Pioneer of Korean cobot market — competes with Doosan Robotics and Universal Robots

Incidents

None found — audited

Data & sources

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

RB-Y1

Rainbow Robotics (South Korea), a publicly listed Samsung Electronics affiliate, manufactures the RB-Y1, South Korea's first bimanual mobile manipulator featuring two 7-DOF arms on an omnidirectional wheeled base controlled by a 20-axis full-body system. Each arm lifts up to 3 kg with sub-millimeter repeatability and integrated force/torque sensors for compliant manipulation; the base drives at up to 2.5 m/s and the unit weighs 131 kg with dimensions of 600x690x1,400 mm. Rainbow Robotics also produces the RB5 cobot series and the HUBO bipedal humanoid robot.

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Relationships

SSamsung ElectronicsInvestor

Current leadership (3)

Jungho Lee CEOreported, not verified
Oh Jun-ho Co-founderreported, not verified
Shin Dong-Mok CEO, Rainbow Roboticssecondary-verified

Founders (1)

Oh Jun-hocofounderno longer at company

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Rainbow Robotics.

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Recent coverage

Rainbow Robotics in third-party press

Samsung increases stake in Rainbow Robotics, establishes Future Robotics Office

Mar 27, 2024

Peer companies

Financial state

Reporting basis: private_disclosed
Revenue disclosed: $24700000 (private_disclosed)
Lifecycle stage: growth
Counterparty risk class: low

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Partnerships (1)

Samsung Electronics x Rainbow Robotics (Strategic Investment) with Samsung Electronicsinvestment

Funding rounds (2)

Strategic2023-03-01
$218M(reported)
IPO2023-01-20

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Acquisitions (1)

acquired by Samsung Electronicsother2024-12-31

Recent activity

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Record createdJun 27, 2026
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Sources (1)

verification source · https://www.rainbow-robotics.com/

Common questions

What is Rainbow Robotics?

South Korean robotics company developing the RB series collaborative robot arms for industrial automation. Pioneered the Korean cobot market.

What does Rainbow Robotics make?

Rainbow Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: RB-Y1 (Rainbow Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Who competes with Rainbow Robotics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Rainbow Robotics building in the same form factors include ATI Industrial Automation, Dexterity, Automata, Codian Robotics.

Who is the CEO of Rainbow Robotics?

Jungho Lee is the ceo of Rainbow Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.

Where is Rainbow Robotics headquartered?

Rainbow Robotics is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.

Where does Rainbow Robotics operate robots?

Rainbow Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Rainbow Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Rainbow Robotics ranks in roughly the top 36% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Rainbow Robotics founded?

Rainbow Robotics was founded in 2011.

Is Rainbow Robotics safe?

Rainbow Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-05

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