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
Fundingsee investors →
Products
Founded
HQ
ALLEX specs
Partnerships
Co-CEOs
Commercial sales
CES 2026
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Current leadership (1)
- Yeonbaek Lee Co-CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for WIRobotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
WIRobotics in third-party press
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-01-01
$68M
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 22, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
Common questions
- What is WIRobotics?
- 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.
- What does WIRobotics make?
- WIRobotics has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. WIRobotics builds physical robots.
- Who is the CEO of WIRobotics?
- Yeonbaek Lee is the ceo of WIRobotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is WIRobotics headquartered?
- WIRobotics is headquartered in Cheonan, South Korea.
- Is WIRobotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, WIRobotics ranks in roughly the top 17% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was WIRobotics founded?
- WIRobotics was founded in 2021.
- Is WIRobotics safe?
- WIRobotics 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 · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for WIRobotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning WIRobotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/wirorobotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/wirorobotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e80f0850-f821-4c7e-ae40-51f84d71381b
- Revision history: /companies/wirorobotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place WIRobotics against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 25, 2026