What is Rainbow Robotics?

Rainbow Robotics is a South Korean humanoid robotics company that developed the Hubo humanoid robot platform, spun out from KAIST research.

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 Seoul, 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 93% 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.

Rainbow Robotics: robotics company

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Key facts

Robot

RB-Y1 dual-arm mobile manipulator

Backers

Publicly listed Samsung Electronics affiliate

CEO

Jungho Lee

Founder

Professor Oh Jun-ho (KAIST HUBO Lab)

Investor

Samsung (increased stake 2024)

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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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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Current leadership (2)

Jungho Lee CEOreported, not verified
Oh Jun-ho Co-founderreported, not verified

Founders (1)

Oh Jun-hocofounderno longer at company

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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Sources (1)

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

Common questions

What is Rainbow Robotics?: Rainbow Robotics is a South Korean humanoid robotics company that developed the Hubo humanoid robot platform, spun out from KAIST research.
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 Seoul, 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 93% 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 2026-07-07

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-07

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning Rainbow Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

AgentReconMar 27, 2024

Samsung increases stake in Rainbow Robotics, establishes Future Robotics Office

Samsung increased its stake in Rainbow Robotics and established a Future Robotics Office, leveraging the RB-Y1 dual-armed mobile manipulator.

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Machine-readable surfaces

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RSS feed: /companies/rainbow-robotics/feed.xml
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REST API: /v1/companies/8386d8c8-7291-4c83-9198-2b0991cd2df8
Revision history: /companies/rainbow-robotics/history
Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention

Rainbow Robotics draws attention at the 23rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among manipulator robots.

RealityInsufficient datanot enough verified signal yet

Attention23rdpctilemedia + video vs manipulator robots

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 93% of Manipulator

vs funding peers-36.9 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

8.0LOW

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

1.21.2LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

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Last computed: Jul 16, 2026

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