Wonik Robotics
Wonik Robotics, based in Pangyo, Seongnam, is a Wonik group robot-automation company. It makes the Allegro Hand line of dexterous robot hands (sold since 2012 and used by more than 180 research partners) and industrial AMR/AMMR mobile robots. Its humanoid work is mainly as a component supplier of hands, but its own site also lists a self-developed wheeled (mecanum-base) two-arm 'Mobile Humanoid' with five-finger Allegro hands, with several specs still TBD. It does not build a biped, and no source shows the mobile humanoid in customer use. In August 2026 it lined up a KRW 350 billion equity raise, KRW 150 billion of it from the National Growth Fund, for a robot-hand factory and AX centre in Wanju, Jeonbuk. It also makes non-humanoid AMRs/AMMRs and has built airport service robots.
7 humanoid models · 3 deployments on file · researched 2026-11-08
- Headquarters
- Seongnam, South Korea
- Founded
- 2004
- Ownership
- Private · owned by Wonik Holdings (Hankyung calls Wonik Robotics its subsidiary, 자회사; stake % not found)
- Website
- wonikrobotics.com
- Focus
- research, industrial, logistics
- Leadership
- Kim Hak-rae (김학래) CEO ↗
- Revenue
- KRW 12,905,161,000 (2024, company total (매출액 12,905,161 thousand KRW; 2023: 24,722,447 thousand KRW; 2024 operating loss -5,602,349 thousand KRW)) ↗
- Last round
- equity (planned KRW 350 billion: KRW 150 billion from the National Growth Fund's Advanced Strategic Industries Fund plus KRW 200 billion from private investors) · 2026-08
- Investors
- National Growth Fund (Advanced Strategic Industries Fund), Korea
- Production
- Planned robot-hand production plant and AX centre in Wanju, Jeonbuk, funded by the KRW 350 billion raise. No capacity figure published. ↗
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Humanoids
Each model as the maker has shown it. Specs are maker-stated; a dash means no source states the figure.
| Model | Status | Announced | Height | Weight | DoF | Payload | Runtime | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro Hand V6 F robot hand ↗Robot hand: first five-finger Allegro, 20 active DoF and more than 20% smaller than the previous generation. Pressure sensing on fingertips, finger joints and palm. Supports current, position and stiffness control over Modbus (RS-485/Ethernet). The company pitches it as small enough to fit humanoids. Payload is listed as 'Max. 15 kg'. | Commercial | 2026-09 | — | 1.15 kg | 20 | 15 kg | — | not published |
| Allegro Hand V5 Plus robot hand ↗Robot hand: four fingers, 16 current-controlled joints and 360-degree pneumatic fingertip tactile sensors. CE certified 24.02.2025. Won the 2024 Roboworld product award and a 2026 Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy minister's award. | Commercial | 2024 | — | 1.024 kg | 16 | 15 kg | — | not published |
| Allegro Hand V5 robot hand ↗Robot hand: three fingers x 3 DoF with omnidirectional fingertip tactile sensors. CE certified 24.02.2025. Payload '12 kg (depending on the measurement method)'. | Commercial | 2024 | — | 1.05 kg | 9 | 12 kg | — | not published |
| Allegro Hand V4 robot hand ↗Robot hand: four-finger, 16-joint torque-controlled research hand, which the company calls 'Cost-Effective'. Based on licensed KITECH humanoid robot hand technology. | Commercial | 2018 | — | 1.08 kg | 16 | 5 kg | — | not published |
| Allegro Hand V5 Sense robot hand ↗Robot hand: four fingers (3 + thumb) with 16 pressure-sensing channels on fingertips and finger joints, and finger adduction/abduction. Payload '15 kg (Depending on the measurement method)'. | Commercial | — | — | 1.24 kg | 16 | 15 kg | — | not published |
| Mobile Humanoid (no model name published) wheeled ↗Wonik's own two-arm mobile humanoid on a mecanum-wheel base. Specs: 600 x 640 x 1,650 mm, arm span 1,280 mm. DoF: arms 7 each, hands 21 each, waist 3, head 2 (61 total). Payload is 3 kg per arm. Battery is 50V 50Ah (2,500 Wh). Runs ROS2 on a Jetson AGX Orin, uses five-finger Allegro hands and is CE-certified (industrial). Arm weight and travel speed are TBD. | Prototype | — | 165 cm | — | 61 | 3 kg | — | not published |
| Allegro Hand V6 V robot hand ↗Robot hand: V6 variant with vision-based (camera-in-elastomer) fingertip tactile sensors plus palm pressure sensing. The company says it will launch after the V6 F. | Concept | 2026-09 | — | — | — | — | — | not published |
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Deployments
Named customers, what the robots do there, and how far it has gone.
| Customer | What | When | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta (FAIR) ↗ | Co-developing the next-generation Allegro Hand with tactile sensing on Meta Digit Plexus; Wonik to manufacture and distribute it | 2024-10 | Pilot |
| EPFL ↗ | Allegro Hand V4 application case (catching a water bottle; LASA lab), listed by Wonik | — | In service |
| KITECH ↗ | Allegro Hand V4 application case listed by Wonik | — | In service |
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Dated facts
Milestones, orders, factories and filings, newest first.
- 2026-09Launched five-finger, 20-DoF Allegro Hand V6 F; says the Allegro Hand ecosystem is used by more than 180 research partners ↗
- 2026-08Lined up a KRW 350 billion equity raise (KRW 150 billion National Growth Fund + KRW 200 billion private) for a robot-hand plant and AX centre in Wanju, Jeonbuk ↗
- 2025-11Selected as lead R&D organisation for a MOTIE humanoid robot hand project (20+ DoF lightweight hand), with KAIST, Hanyang Univ., IAE and Kyung Hee Univ.; about KRW 4.1 billion in government R&D funding; to be validated on 3 humanoid robots ↗
- 2025-11Signed an MOU with Texas-based Roboligent to combine the Allegro Hand with Roboligent's dual-arm AI mobile humanoid ROBIN ↗
- 2025Joined the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's 'K-Humanoid Alliance' and obtained CE certification for Allegro Hand V5 / V5 Plus ↗
- 2024-10Meta FAIR named Wonik Robotics as partner to build the next-generation Allegro Hand on Digit Plexus; Wonik to manufacture and distribute it ↗
- 2022Absorbed AMR/ACS specialist Curivo (큐리보) by merger ↗
- 2016Renamed Wonik Robotics on joining the Wonik group ↗
- 2012Received KITECH humanoid-hand technology transfer and began producing and selling Allegro Hand V1 ↗
- 2004Founded as SimLab Co. (주식회사 심랩); renamed Wonik Robotics on joining the Wonik group ↗
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Not yet confirmed
Claims seen in only one non-official place. Shown so they can be checked, not as findings.
- Wonik Holdings' KOSDAQ code 030530 and its stake in Wonik Robotics: the code appears only in web-search snippets (foxcg.com, mydailybyte.com); stake % not found in any source read
- Report that Wonik Robotics is running a 3-stage proof of concept of a wheeled humanoid on a large Korean manufacturer's production line: web-search snippet only (kukinews.com, not fetched because robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot)
- Yonhap's description of the KRW 350 billion as funding a 'humanoid mass-production facility' (휴머노이드 양산시설); the company's own release says robot-hand plant + AX centre
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Sources
Retrieved 2026-11-08.
- Mobile Humanoid — Wonik Robotics
- Allegro Hand — Wonik Robotics
- 회사개요 — Wonik Robotics
- 연혁 — Wonik Robotics
- 재무정보 — Wonik Robotics
- 공시정보 — Wonik Robotics
- Allegro Hand V6 F 출시 — Wonik Robotics
- Allegro Hand V5 Plus 산업통상자원부 장관상 — Wonik Robotics
- 로볼리전트 MOU — Wonik Robotics
- 서울대 인공지능대학원 MOU — Wonik Robotics
- 휴머노이드 로봇 손 개발과제 총괄연구개발기관 선정 — Wonik Robotics
- Allegro Hand V4 — Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand)
- Allegro Hand V5 — Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand)
- Allegro Hand V5 Plus — Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand)
- Allegro Hand V5 Sense — Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand)
- Allegro Hand V6 F — Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand)
- Allegro Hand V6 V — Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand)
- Advancing embodied AI through progress in touch perception, dexterity, and human-robot interaction — Meta AI
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