WIRobotics company profile
WIRobotics develops wearable robots and humanoid platforms in South Korea. Its work includes assistive walking technology and the ALLEX humanoid, with emphasis on human-friendly force sensing, compliant actuation and dexterous interaction for practical robot use.
Facts
- Segment: Humanoid
- Country: South Korea
- Founded: 2021
- Website: https://www.wirobotics.com/
Profile sections
- Summary
- Market context
- Products
- Facts
- Funding
- Investors
- Context / Market Position
- Events
- Team
- Relationships
- Context tags
- Record / Articles
- Sources
Summary
WIRobotics develops wearable robots and humanoid platforms in South Korea. Its work includes assistive walking technology and the ALLEX humanoid, with emphasis on human-friendly force sensing, compliant actuation and dexterous interaction for practical robot use.
Market context
WIRobotics is one of the more credible Korean entrants at the intersection of wearable robotics, compliant actuation, and humanoid dexterity. Its ALLEX work gives the company a bridge from human-assistive robots into dexterous humanoid platforms for research, service, manufacturing, and household-task development. ALLEX
Facts
- Website: https://www.wirobotics.com/
- HQ: Yongin, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
- Founded: 2021
- Segment: Humanoid
- Funding total: $24M
- Known funding rounds: 2
- Latest funding date: 2026-05-14
Funding
- 2026-05-14 - Series B - $68M - WIRobotics raises KRW 95B Series B to scale wearable robotics and ALLEX humanoid development - source: prnewswire.com
- 2024-03-27 - Series A - $9M - WIRobotics closes KRW 13 billion Series A financing - source: wirobotics.com
Investors
- Company K Partners - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-03-27 - latest 2026-05-14
- FuturePlay - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-03-27 - latest 2026-05-14
- GU Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-03-27 - latest 2026-05-14
- Hana Ventures - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-03-27 - latest 2026-05-14
- JB Investment - Lead - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-03-27 - latest 2026-05-14
- InterVest - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-14
- NH Investment & Securities - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-14
- SBVA - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-14
- Smilegate Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-05-14
- Intervest - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-03-27
Wearable robotics and humanoid company
WIRobotics develops wearable mobility robots and ALLEX, a humanoid robot informed by its work in human movement assistance.
- Target environment: Rehabilitation settings, mobility assistance, homes, humanoid development labs and human-centred robot workspaces.
- Deployment model: Wearable robot commercialization and humanoid platform development through WIM products and ALLEX robotics work.
- Customer context: Mobility users, rehabilitation providers, clinicians, consumers, humanoid developers and future service robot customers.
- Workflow context: Gait support, wearable assistance, force sensing, compliant manipulation, humanoid control and human-centred task execution.
- Commercial maturity: Commercial wearable robotics company with newer humanoid development activity around ALLEX.
- Market position: Human-assistance robotics company connecting wearable mobility products with humanoid robot development.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on clinical usefulness, comfort, safety, humanoid reliability, cost, production readiness and customer trust.
- Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes wearable robots, rehabilitation robotics, humanoid manipulation and human-assistance robotics.
- Source confidence: medium
Events
- 2026-05-14 - Funding - WIRobotics raises KRW 95B Series B to scale wearable robotics and ALLEX humanoid development - WIRobotics completed a KRW 95B Series B about two years after its KRW 13B Series A in March 2024
- 2026-03-13 - Award - WIRobotics is selected for the Physical AI Fellowship powered by AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics - WIRobotics said it was selected for the Physical AI Fellowship, a program backed by AWS, NVIDIA, and…
- 2025-08-20 - Product Launch - WIRobotics unveils ALLEX general-purpose humanoid robot platform - WIRobotics unveiled the upper body of ALLEX, its first general-purpose humanoid, at the Robot Innovation Hub on the KOREAT…
- 2025-01-08 - Product Launch - WIRobotics launches WIM walking-assistance wearable robot in the U.S. market - WIRobotics announced the U.S. launch of WIM, a 1.6 kilogram walking-assistance wearable robot designed for con…
- 2024-11-14 - Award - WIRobotics wins CES 2025 Robotics Innovation Award for WIM - WIRobotics said WIM won a CES 2025 Innovation Award in Robotics, giving the company a second consecutive CES innovation win.
- 2024-03-27 - Funding - WIRobotics closes KRW 13 billion Series A financing - Intervest led the round with participation from GU Investment, JB Investment, Company K Partners, Hana Ventures, and FuturePlay.
Team
- Younbaek Lee - CEO - Central operating figure for WIRobotics' wearable robot commercialization and ALLEX humanoid expansion.
- Yongjae Kim - CEO and CTO - Adds technical leadership context for WIRobotics' dual wearable robotics and humanoid robotics platform strategy.
Relationships
- technology_partner - WIRobotics has a public partnership relationship with RLWRLD.
- investor - JB Investment is listed as an investor or backer of WIRobotics.
- investor - Company K Partners is listed as an investor or backer of WIRobotics.
- investor - Intervest is listed as an investor or backer of WIRobotics.
- investor - GU Investment is listed as an investor or backer of WIRobotics.
- investor - Hana Ventures is listed as an investor or backer of WIRobotics.
- investor - FuturePlay is listed as an investor or backer of WIRobotics.
Context tags
- Wearable robotics foundation - Peer Group - Company publicly shows wearable walking-assist robot WIM alongside humanoid ALLEX.
- Force and contact interaction - Capability - Official ALLEX page emphasizes sensing force, contact and impact.
- Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Company develops humanoid and wearable robot systems.
- Dexterous manipulation - Capability - ALLEX is positioned for precise manipulation and humanlike interaction.
- Healthcare and assistive - Customer Environment - Wearable walking-assist base and human-friendly interaction support assistive robotics context.
- Humanoid service builder - Peer Group
- Pilot deployments - Commercial Stage - ALLEX is public, but humanoid maturity should remain emerging relative to wearable robotics foundation.
Record / Articles
- 2026-05-15 - WIRobotics raises $68M after scaling wearable robots - WIRobotics has sold more than 3,000 WIM walking-assist robots and is now funding ALLEX, its force-controlled humanoid platform. - Korthos: /research/wi…
- 2026-05-07 - RLWRLD’s RLDX-1 targets contact-rich robot manipulation - RLWRLD open-sources RLDX-1, a VLA model built around torque and tactile feedback for five-finger manipulation. - Korthos: /research/rlwrld-s-rldx-1-…
Sources
- https://www.wirobotics.com/media/newsDetail/?idx=159&page=1&pageType=01
- https://www.wirobotics.com/media/newsDetail?idx=43&pageType=01
WIRobotics canonical Korthos profile