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Hardware GenerationGen 1
Flagship PlatformALLEX
WIRobotics
PrivateSouth Korean wearable robotics startup founded in June 2021 by former Samsung robotics engineers, specializing in lightweight exoskeletons. Flagship product WIM weighs just 1.6 kg and provides AI driven walking assistance.
Founded 2021$13M raised
Humanoid Robots
About WIRobotics
WIRobotics is a South Korean robotics company specializing in wearable robots and humanoid platforms. Founded in 2021 by former Samsung Electronics Robotics engineers, the company develops assistive and industrial robotic systems that combine human augmentation, mobility support, and embodied robotics. Its products include WIBS, an industrial back-support wearable robot, and WIM, a mobility-assist wearable robot, both recognized with CES Innovation Awards. In 2025, WIRobotics expanded into humanoid robotics with ALLEX, its first general-purpose humanoid platform.
Technical Profile
Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.
ALLEX Specs
Published operating specifications for the lead system.
Payload Capacity30 kg
Investors
Latest Updates
2026Company MilestoneCorporate
WIRobotics frames compliance as the bridge to general-purpose humanoidsThe company collaborates with MIT, UIUC, UMass, KIST, and Maxon, targeting a general-purpose humanoid for everyday life by 2030.
WIRobotics Team
WIRobotics History
- June 2021
WIRobotics is founded by former Samsung robotics engineers
WIRobotics was founded in June 2021 by four former Samsung Electronics Robotics Development Team engineers: Co-CEO Yeonbaek Lee, CFO Changhyun Noh, COO Byungjun Choi, and Professor Yongjae Kim of Korea Advanced Institute of Technology.
Samsung alumniSouth Korea - April 2023 - 2025
Wearable robots create the first commercial base
The company developed WIBS (industrial back-support exoskeleton) and WIM (walking assistance wearable), earning CES Innovation Awards in 2024 and 2025. Funding included a Pre-Series A of ~$3 million in April 2023 and a ~$9.6 million Series A in March 2024.
WIBSWIMSeries A - August 2025
ALLEX extends the company from wearables into humanoids
In August 2025, WIRobotics unveiled ALLEX, the first inherently compliant humanoid capable of force-based responses without force sensors, a direct application of wearable compliance expertise.
ALLEXHumanoid - 2026
WIRobotics frames compliance as the bridge to general-purpose humanoids
The company collaborates with MIT, UIUC, UMass, KIST, and Maxon, targeting a general-purpose humanoid for everyday life by 2030.
CompliancePartnerships
WIRobotics is a South Korean robotics company specializing in wearable robots and humanoid platforms, founded in June 2021 by four former Samsung Electronics Robotics engineers. The company has developed WIBS industrial back-support and WIM mobility-assist wearables, winning CES Innovation Awards in Robotics two consecutive years. In 2025, WIRobotics unveiled ALLEX, its first general-purpose humanoid.