Rainbow Robotics
Cobot manufacturer · South Korea · 277810.KQ
Founded by the KAIST lab that built the HUBO humanoid, which won the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge. Makes RB collaborative robots, the RB-Y1 wheeled dual-arm mobile manipulator and humanoid platforms. Samsung Electronics became its largest shareholder in 2024.
Rainbow Robotics is a South Korea-based collaborative robot and humanoid robot maker, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Daejeon. It is publicly traded (277810.KQ). Product lines include RB series cobots, RB-Y1 mobile manipulator, HUBO. It appears in the directory's Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Manufacturers (23 companies), Humanoid Robot Companies (32 companies) and South Korean Robot Manufacturers (6 companies) lists.
- Headquarters
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Founded
- 2011
- Ticker
- 277810.KQ
- Ownership
- Samsung Electronics (largest shareholder)
- Robot types
- Cobots, Humanoids
Products
- RB series cobots
- RB-Y1 mobile manipulator
- HUBO
Robot reference
- HUBO-2 Plus — Humanoid
Rainbow Robotics coverage
- Samsung Forms RX Robotics Division Under CEO for Humanoid Push — Samsung Electronics launched the RX Robotics division on July 21, 2026, reporting directly to DX CEO TM Roh. Led by ex-Hyundai executive Lee Dongkun, it will ac
Directory categories
- Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Manufacturers — 23 companies
- Humanoid Robot Companies — 32 companies
- South Korean Robot Manufacturers — 6 companies
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