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- Rainbow Robotics Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ: 277810) develops and manufactures advanced robotic systems, specializing in collaborative robots, humanoid bipedal robots, and mobile manipulators for industrial automation, research, logistics, and services. The company offers core products including the RB5 series of collaborative robots for tasks such as assembly, inspection, machine tending, logistics, testing, and machine tools; humanoid platforms like HUBO-2, DRC-HUBO, and DDRC-HUBO, which feature bipedal walking, adaptive five-finger hands, actuators, sensors, and real-time controllers; dual-arm mobile manipulators such as RB-Y1 with 7-DoF arms, omnidirectional wheels, and AI research capabilities; engineering components including HUBO-ARM, HUBO-HAND, HUBO-Q fast mobile platforms, motor drivers, reducers, encoders, brakes, and 6-axis force-torque sensors; as well as autonomous mobile robots, quadruped robots, astronomy mounts, media service robots like Jay, rideable biped robots like FX-2, medical laser systems, and cocktail barista robots; the company also provides robot authentication and technical services. Founded in 2011 by researchers from KAIST's Humanoid Robot Research Center and headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea, at 10-19 Expo-ro 339beon-gil, Rainbow Robotics operates primarily in South Korea with a U.S. subsidiary established in 2023 in Schaumburg, Illinois, for collaborative robot sales and support, targeting industrial, research, military, education, and service sectors globally. In late 2024, Samsung Electronics exercised a call option to increase its stake from 14.7% to 35%, becoming the largest shareholder and incorporating Rainbow Robotics as a consolidated subsidiary to accelerate humanoid robot development through AI-software integration, manufacturing-logistics automation, and a new synergy council; Samsung concurrently established a Future Robotics Office reporting to the CEO, with KAIST professor Jun-Ho Oh advising on robotics strategy, enhancing Rainbow's overseas market entry via Samsung's infrastructure.