🔬 Global Robotics Research Directory
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Clear filters📍 Daejeon, South Korea
Creator of HUBO — the robot that won the DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2015, beating 22 international teams including Boston Dynamics. KAIST is Korea's top robotics research institution.
📍 Seoul, South Korea
Developing Ballie — a rolling home AI robot — and GEMS exoskeleton for walking assistance. Samsung has invested billions in robotics as a next growth platform beyond consumer electronics.
📍 Seoul, South Korea
Owns Boston Dynamics and has become one of the world's largest robotics investors. Hyundai is integrating Spot and Stretch into its own factories and developing next-generation mobility robots.
📍 Seoul, South Korea
Korea's leading surgical and haptic robotics lab. SNU developed one of the most capable teleoperated surgical robot platforms in Asia, with sub-millimeter precision for microsurgery.
📍 Pohang, South Korea
Korea's leader in soft and micro-scale robotics. POSTECH developed soft robots inspired by marine invertebrates for medical and exploration applications, with several Nature publications.
📍 Seongnam, South Korea
Korea's most advanced robotics lab for indoor autonomy. NAVER's 1784 building is the world's first "robot-friendly building" with 100+ autonomous service robots fully integrated into the architecture.