RobotWorld 2026 opens in Korea with a record 402 exhibitors and a new humanoid pavilion

RobotWorld 2026, South Korea's annual robot trade show, opened on November 4 at KINTEX in Goyang, near Seoul, and runs through November 7. Korea's trade ministry, which hosts it, says this year is the largest yet: 402 companies and institutions across 1,198 booths, up from 365 companies last year. Organizers list 17 countries and expect more than 52,000 visitors.

Rainbow Robotics is showing mobile humanoids and quadrupeds, and Neuromeka a humanoid platform it pitches as physical AI. China's Booster Robotics and PaXini are exhibiting, robots from Unitree, AgiBot and UBTECH appear at Korean suppliers' booths, and FANUC is showing industrial and collaborative robots. Tesollo's demo of two dexterous robot hands is teleoperated, copying an operator's hand movements.

Why it matters

These are booth demos, not field deployments, so they say little about how reliably the robots handle real factory floors.

About the footage: Booth demos; Tesollo's bimanual hand demo is teleoperated.

Sources

• Humanoids Daily: RobotWorld 2026 Opens With Humanoids and Physical AI in Focus
• The Asia Business Daily: '2026 RoboWorld' opens
• Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR) press release (Korean)
• PR Newswire: ROBOTWORLD 2026 to spotlight Physical AI with 402 exhibitors

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