WIBS is a non-powered back-support wearable robot by WIRobotics designed to reduce physical strain and prevent musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace. Weighing just 1.5 kg, it features an ergonomic design that does not restrict movement. Clinical tests show an average 24.8% reduction in muscle load and 19.9% reduction in metabolic energy when worn.
Primary use case: Back support and musculoskeletal injury prevention for workers performing manual labor and heavy lifting
Weight
1.5 kg
Weight
1.5 kg
Locomotion
unknown
Hand Type
unknown
Autonomy Level
unknown
Availability
commercial
Primary Use Case
Back support and musculoskeletal injury prevention for workers performing manual labor and heavy lifting
WIRobotics, a robotics startup, partnered with AWS and NVIDIA through the Physical AI Fellowship to train their humanoid robot ALLEX to use human tools like power drills. The team fine-tuned NVIDIA's GR00T N1.7 foundation model on teleoperation data using AWS cloud infrastructure, achieving 100% success on drill grasping and 50% success on drill-to-bolt alignment.
WIRobotics has announced the beginning of building a Physical AI Development Ecosystem, with its first technology release being the ALLEX Simulation Model. This simulation model appears to be part of a broader strategy to support physical AI development.
SEOUL, South Korea, June 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WIRobotics, a global robotics company (Co-CEOs: YounBaek Lee and Yong-Jae Kim), ...