Humanoid maker
Samsung Electronics
Became the largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics (35%) at the end of 2024 and set up the RX (Robotics eXperience) business team under the CEO in July 2026. The 'Hand Lab' under its Future Robotics Office is developing a tendon-driven dexterous hand in-house, and it plans to validate robots in its own factories before expanding from B2B to B2C.
- Market cap
- $1189B
- Disclosed funding
- —
- Robots
- 1
- Founded
- 1969
2026-10-28
excluding rumors
Registered models
005930.KS
Key issues
- On July 21, 2026, Samsung Electronics set up the 'RX (Robotics eXperience) business team' reporting directly to the CEO and hired Ajou University professor Kim Ui-gyeom, an expert in robot hands and manipulation. mobile.newsis.com
- It treats the dexterous hand as the key task for commercial humanoids (17–31% of humanoid parts cost). It is working strategically with a 'global hand leader' and considering partnerships with overseas startups that have robot hand technology. The companies have not been named. heraldk.com
- The 'Hand Lab' under the Future Robotics Office is developing a tendon-type hand that moves the fingers with cables like human tendons. In an internal demo for President Roh Tae-moon in August 2026, a humanoid operated a camera and took a photo. mt.co.kr
- In September 2025, Oh Jun-ho, head of the Future Robotics Office, said it was testing several types of dexterous hands and planned to develop hands with more degrees of freedom. heraldk.com
- No outside parts suppliers or plans to sell the hand externally have been disclosed. Some assess that it puts more weight on its own technology even after acquiring Rainbow Robotics. iM Securities expects Samsung and Rainbow to design parts themselves, with partners limited to contract manufacturing. smarttoday.co.kr
- On October 21, 2026, Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the RX business team. Samsung is considering unveiling a robot at CES in January 2027 and plans to validate it in its own factories first, then expand to industrial and later home use. mt.co.kr
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