Facts

• Segment: Healthcare
• Country: South Korea
• Website: https://www.endorobo.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

EndoRobotics develops surgical robots and medical devices for endoluminal and minimally invasive procedures. Its work focuses on robotic tools for internal medicine, with Olympus signing a global distribution agreement for its endoluminal-surgery technology.

Market context

EndoRobotics matters as a specialized medical robotics company focused on endoluminal intervention, with Olympus providing a major global distribution channel. Product lines including ROBOPERA, TraCloser, RollingStitch and EndoCubot for GI endotherapy.

• Capability: Robot-assisted endoscopy, cable-driven micro-robotics, endoscopic traction/suturing and simulator-linked training workflows
• Strategic position: Endoluminal medical robotics and Olympus-channel distribution for global endotherapy expansion

Facts

• Website: https://www.endorobo.com/
• HQ: Seoul, South Korea
• Segment: Healthcare

Endoscopic surgical robotics company

EndoRobotics develops robot-assisted and endoscopic therapeutic systems for non-invasive gastrointestinal procedures.

• Target environment: Hospitals, endoscopy suites, gastrointestinal procedure rooms and minimally invasive surgical settings.
• Deployment model: Medical device development and distribution partnerships for robot-assisted endoscopic therapy.
• Customer context: Hospitals, gastroenterologists, endoscopy teams, surgical specialists and medical device distributors.
• Workflow context: Endoscopic submucosal dissection, suturing, tissue closure, endoscopic therapy and robot-assisted GI procedures.
• Commercial maturity: Commercializing medical robotics through product systems and distribution partnerships, including an Olympus collaboration.
• Market position: Healthcare robotics company focused on endoscopic therapy rather than external surgical robot arms.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on regulatory approvals, clinician training, procedural evidence, hospital procurement and distributor execution.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes endoluminal robotics, flexible endoscopy tools, surgical robotics and minimally invasive GI therapy.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-05-04 - Partnership - Olympus signs exclusive global distribution agreement with EndoRobotics - Olympus signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with EndoRobotics.
• 2025-10-17 - Market Signal - EndoRobotics' ROBOPERA FDA clearance reported as Korean endoscopic surgery robot first - Korean media reported EndoRobotics' ROBOPERA FDA authorization as a milestone for a Korean endoscopic…
• 2025-09-24 - Regulatory - EndoRobotics receives FDA 510(k) clearance for ROBOPERA - The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for EndoRobotics' ROBOPERA ER-R-002 and ER-R-003 devices.
• 2024-12-10 - Demonstration - EndoRobotics demonstrates ROBOPERA and TraCloser at HK LIVE ENDOSCOPY 2024 - EndoRobotics showcased ROBOPERA and TraCloser in a live demonstration at HK LIVE ENDOSCOPY 2024 from December 10…
• 2024-06-01 - Product Launch - EndoRobotics unveils product lineup for ENDO 2024 - EndoRobotics unveiled a product lineup ahead of ENDO 2024 in Seoul.
• 2024-06-01 - Product Launch - EndoRobotics lists EndoCubot endoscopic training simulator - EndoRobotics lists EndoCubot as a simulator-based endoscopic training solution.

Team

• Byung Gon Kim - Co-CEO - Central founder for EndoRobotics' robot-assisted therapeutic endoscopy platform and its move toward global distribution.
• Daehie Hong - Co-CEO - Adds technical and academic context for EndoRobotics' endoscopic robot platform.

Relationships

• Exclusive global distributor - Exclusive global distribution of EndoRobotics robot-assisted endotherapy technologies through Olympus EndoTherapy portfolio (Olympus press release).

Context tags

• Surgical robot OEM - Stack Layer
• Medical surgical centres - Customer Environment
• Flexible endoscopic surgical robotics - Peer Group
• Endoscopic GI robotic therapy - Workflow