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WIRobotics
WIRobotics is a South Korean wearable and humanoid robotics company founded in 2021 by former Samsung Electronics robotics engineers. It develops walking-assist wearable robots (WIM series), industrial back-support exoskeletons (WIBS), and the ALLEX humanoid robot platform. WIM has surpassed 3,000 units sold globally with presence in Europe, China, and Japan. WIM KIDS won a CES 2026 Innovation Award.
Cheonan, South KoreaFounded 202111-50 employees
$81M
Total Funding
4
Robots
1
Funding Rounds
2.6
Hype Score
Scores
Hype2.6/10
Momentum1.6/10
Known funding rounds
Series B
May 15, 2026$68M
4 sources reported this round
The technologies for bringing humanoids to life
Related news (6)
Korea approves 20 humanoid robots for working with humans in factories
From around the web
How WIRobotics is teaching humanoid robots to use human tools with AWS and NVIDIA - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
aws.amazon.com•Aug 11, 2026
WIRobotics Begins Building a Physical AI Development Ecosystem: The First Technology Release Features the ALLEX Simulation Model - acrofan.com
news.google.com•Jun 29, 2026
WIRobotics Begins Building a Physical AI Development Ecosystem: The First Technology Release Features the ALLEX Simulation Model
digitalmore.co•Jun 29, 2026
WIRobotics Begins Building a Physical AI Development Ecosystem: The First Technology Release Features the ALLEX Simulation Model
StreetInsider•Jun 29, 2026
Seoul-based WIRobotics, which develops wearable and humanoid robots and is collaborating with Nvidia and AWS, raised a ~$68M Series B led by JB Investment (Lee Jaewoon/The Elec)
techmeme.com•May 16, 2026
Key people
YL
YounBaek Lee
Co-CEO
YK
Yong-Jae Kim
Co-CEO