WIRobotics raises $68M to push ALLEX from humanoid platform toward commercialization

WIRobotics has raised KRW 95 billion, approximately USD 68 million, in Series B funding to accelerate its move from wearable robotics into broader humanoid and physical AI platforms.

The company says JB Investment led the round, with participation from InterVest, Hana Ventures, Smilegate Investment, SBVA, NH Investment & Securities, Company K Partners, GU Investment, and FuturePlay. The financing follows a KRW 13 billion Series A in March 2024.

The robot angle is ALLEX, WIRobotics' humanoid platform under development for human-level manipulation intelligence. The company describes ALLEX as being built from technologies that understand and augment human movement, a direction that fits WIRobotics' existing base in wearable robotics and assistive motion systems.

This is not a shipping-product announcement yet. The important signal is that a robotics company with commercial wearable-robot experience now has fresh capital to expand into integrated humanoid platforms. That matters because the humanoid race is increasingly splitting into two camps: companies starting from general-purpose robot bodies, and companies starting from human-motion expertise, exoskeletons, or rehabilitation robotics.

For buyers and partners, the next proof points will be concrete: ALLEX deployment environments, manipulation benchmarks, payload and endurance specs, safety certification, and whether WIRobotics can convert its wearable robotics experience into reliable whole-body humanoid work.