South Korean Robot Manufacturers
6 companies in the ZeroGantry manufacturer directory.
South Korea has the world's highest robot density — the most industrial robots per manufacturing worker — driven by its electronics, automotive and battery industries. Large conglomerates dominate: Hyundai owns Boston Dynamics and HD Hyundai Robotics, Samsung is the largest shareholder in Rainbow Robotics, and LG builds service robots and holds a majority stake in Bear Robotics.
Doosan Robotics is one of the world's largest cobot makers and listed on the Korea Exchange in 2023. Rainbow Robotics, founded by the KAIST team behind the HUBO humanoid, makes cobots, mobile manipulators and humanoids.
The companies below are headquartered in South Korea. Profiles list product lines and ownership, with links to our robot reference pages where available.
By robot type
- Cobots: 4
- Autonomous mobile robots: 2
- Industrial robots: 1
- Humanoids: 1
- Service & consumer robots: 1
South Korean Robot Manufacturers
- Doosan Robotics — founded 2015 · 454910.KS — One of the world's largest collaborative robot makers, listed on the Korea Exchange in 2023.
- Hanwha Robotics — founded 2017 · owned by Hanwha Group — Collaborative robot arm of South Korea's Hanwha Group, which introduced the country's first cobots in 2017 and was carved out as a standalone company in 2023.
- HD Hyundai Robotics — founded 2020 · owned by HD Hyundai — South Korea's largest industrial robot maker, spun out of Hyundai Heavy Industries' robot business (active since 1984) in 2020.
- LG Electronics — founded 1958 · 066570.KS — South Korean electronics maker that sells CLOi service robots for guidance, delivery and serving, and holds a majority stake in Bear Robotics.
- Neuromeka — founded 2013 · 348340.KQ — Seoul cobot maker founded in 2013 and listed on KOSDAQ in 2021.
- Rainbow Robotics — founded 2011 · 277810.KQ — Founded by the KAIST lab that built the HUBO humanoid, which won the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge.
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- US Robot Manufacturers — 28 companies
- Chinese Robot Manufacturers — 31 companies
- Japanese Robot Manufacturers — 11 companies
- German Robot Manufacturers — 5 companies