Robots and Design

Robots and Design manufactures atmospheric and vacuum wafer-transfer robots, EFEM systems and other automation equipment for semiconductor, dental and life-science applications.

Facts

  • Segment: Industrial Robotics
  • Country: KR
  • Founded: 1999
  • Website: https://rnd.re.kr/

About

About Robots and Design

Robots and Design was founded in South Korea in March 1999 and has developed more than 55 robot types through ODM, OEM and proprietary programmes. The company moved its headquarters to Yongin in 2022 and reports more than 20,000 robots manufactured across semiconductor, display, dental and life-sciences markets.

Its core robotics line covers atmospheric and vacuum wafer-transfer robots, pre-aligners, EFEM modules, SCARA and Cartesian systems used in tightly controlled manufacturing environments. Separate divisions build MAXX dental CAD/CAM equipment and automated cell-culture and laboratory systems. That breadth makes precision automation a material secondary context, but semiconductor robot design and manufacturing remain the strongest basis for classification. Robots and Design owns the mechanisms and equipment integration rather than acting only as a reseller of third-party arms.

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Team

  • Jin-Oh Kim - Founder and Chairman - Founded Robots and Design and has led development work spanning semiconductor, factory-automation, dental and biomedical robot systems.
  • Han Jin-seok - Chief Executive Officer

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Operations

  • Cumulative Units Manufactured - 20,000+ robots manufactured - 2026-08-13 - Robots and Design reports manufacturing more than 20,000 robots across its semiconductor, dental and life-science portfolio. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: rnd.re.kr

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