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Company

WIRobotics

South Korean robotics company (Cheonan) founded in 2021 by former Samsung Robotics engineers, building wearable walking-assist robots and humanoid robots.

Founded
2021
HQ
Cheonan, South Korea
Status
active

Overview

South Korean robotics company (Cheonan) founded in 2021 by former Samsung Robotics engineers, building wearable walking-assist robots and humanoid robots. Commercial sales of lower-back and walking-assist wearable robots began in 2023. Unveiled humanoid robot ALLEX upper body in summer 2025. Raised $68M total across seed and Series A.

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Key facts

Products

WIM wearable walking-assist robot (3000+ units sold globally in Europe, China, Turkiye, Japan); ALLEX humanoid platform (upper body unveiled Aug 2025)

Founded

June 2021, by four former Samsung Robotics Development Team engineers; Co-CEOs Yong-Jae Kim (CTO, KOREATECH professor) and Younbaek Lee

HQ

Cheonan, South Korea

ALLEX specs

15-DOF compliant hand (~700g, 40N fingertip force, 30kg hook grip); ultra-low-friction backdrivable arm (~5kg shoulder-down); gravity-compensated upper body; whole-body force sensing without force sensors; 3kg+ single-hand payload

Partnerships

NVIDIA Physical AI Fellowship; joint research with AWS and NVIDIA; strategic partnership with RLWRLD; collaborations with MIT, UIUC, UMass, KIST, Maxon

Co-CEOs

Yeonbaek Lee and Yongjae Kim

Commercial sales

Wearable robots since 2023

CES 2026

Showcased WIM S and ALLEX humanoid

Data & sources

Web sources

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Safety record

No incidents on record for WIRobotics.

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