WIRobotics ALLEX

2025-08-18 · Publisher : WIRobotics · Domain : Robotics

South Korea's WIRobotics unveils the upper body of ALLEX, a general-purpose humanoid that senses forces without dedicated sensors: a 15-DoF hand sensitive to 100 gf, 40 N fingertip force and an arm with ten times less friction than a cobot.

### Background On August 18, 2025, in Cheonan, South Korea's WIRobotics, an exoskeleton specialist founded by former Samsung engineers, unveiled the upper body of ALLEX ("ALL-EXperience"), its first general-purpose humanoid. The robot has no legs yet: it focuses on manipulation and physical interaction with people. ### Specifications | Item | Announced value | |---|---| | Hand | human-sized, 15 degrees of freedom, about 700 g | | Sensitivity | responds to forces of 100 gf without tactile sensors | | Force | 40 N fingertip force, over 30 kg hook grip | | Repeatability | 0.3 mm or less at the fingertip | | Arm | backdrivable, over 10 times lower friction and inertia than a cobot, about 5 kg from shoulder to hand | | Payload | over 3 kg with one hand across the workspace | | Torso | gravity-compensation mechanism | ### Why it matters While most robots add force sensors, ALLEX relies on mechanics with so little friction that it "feels" forces through its own structure. WIRobotics sees this as a safety guarantee for services, manufacturing and household tasks, and partnered with RLWRLD to develop its intelligence. ### Key takeaways ALLEX is one of the most noted Korean humanoids of 2025. WIRobotics targets a general-purpose humanoid platform by 2030 and raised about KRW 100 billion ($68M) in a Series B in 2026. The performance figures are those announced by the company.

Tags : Humanoïde, Corée, Manipulation, Recherche