The largest domestic robot exhibition, '2025 RoboWorld,' will be held from November 5 to 8 at KINTEX Exhibition Center 1 in Ilsan.

This year's exhibition, marking its 20th anniversary, will feature 350 companies and 1,000 booths, making it the largest ever. The event will showcase the latest technologies across various fields, from manufacturing and logistics automation to humanoids and service robots.

In particular, this exhibition is anticipated to offer a glimpse into the industrial sites transformed by robots. It is expected to provide an opportunity to directly observe how robots are applied and what changes they bring about.

Before the official opening, the key companies to watch at this year's exhibition are introduced in alphabetical order.


Syscon Robotics (CEO Choi Kwang-yong, Kim Sun-jung) is a company specializing in AI factories, offering advanced robot automation systems optimized for manufacturing processes. It is characterized by providing customized integrated solutions beyond merely supplying equipment.

Syscon Robotics focuses particularly on autonomous logistics robots. Its main products include the 'STL series,' a low-profile robot equipped with 360-degree rotational driving, autonomous path setting, and a rotating lifting system; the 'SMPR series,' a transport robot that automatically recognizes box sizes and flexibly responds to various shapes; and the 'STF series,' an unmanned forklift that autonomously navigates and drives from raw materials to finished products. These products will be showcased at the 2025 RoboWorld exhibition.

Syscon Robotics has supplied over 1,400 (300 this year) robot automation systems to advanced manufacturing fields such as secondary batteries, automobiles, and displays for large domestic and international companies, including those in North America and Korea. The company is expanding its solutions to various business sectors beyond manufacturing and logistics sites. Additionally, it is pursuing a strategy to platformize its robot products based on accumulated references.

Syscon Robotics was recognized for its technological prowess and was selected as an 'AI Factory Specialist Company' by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy this year. In May, it received the Technology Innovation Award at the 'Karel Čapek Awards' ceremony. The Karel Čapek Awards, known as the 'Nobel Prize of the Robotics World,' is an internationally recognized award given to companies and individuals contributing to the global robotics development industry.

The company stated, "We will support the realization of AI-based smart factories in the manufacturing sites of not only large enterprises but also small and medium-sized enterprises," and added, "We plan to lead the intelligence and innovation of the entire industry."


Arobot (CEO Eom Yoon-seol) is a company specializing in humanoid robots with a diverse lineup. Since its establishment in 2018, it has pursued the vision of 'A Robot for All.'

The flagship product, the humanoid 'Alice 4,' implements precise force control and natural bipedal walking based on Arobot's self-developed 'linear actuator.' 'Alice M1' is a wheelbase-based mobile humanoid capable of efficient movement and operation in various environments.

Particularly, these two robots are characterized by maximizing synergy in industrial fields such as manufacturing, logistics, and services through collaboration scenarios. Arobot plans to demonstrate the collaboration between Alice 4 and Alice M1 at the upcoming 2025 RoboWorld. The demonstration aims to intuitively show the potential of robot collaboration in actual industrial sites by having the two robots exchange roles and move simultaneously.

In March, at the 'MWC 2025' held in Spain, Alice 4 successfully performed a demonstration where it understood natural language commands, conversed with visitors, and delivered beverages. In May, it received the NVIDIA Award and the Okinawa Innovation Award at the 'GTC InnoVEX 2025' held in Taiwan.

Additionally, Arobot secured approximately KRW 10 billion in Series A investment in July, with participation from BonAngels, Korea Development Bank, and NH Venture Investment. In September, it was selected for the humanoid demonstration support project organized by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement, obtaining government technology certification and securing opportunities for demonstration in actual industrial sites.

Furthermore, Arobot has been selected for a lightweight humanoid R&D project specialized for shipbuilding and construction sites, and has received approval for the regulatory sandbox for the demonstration of bipedal humanoid robots with AI in industrial sites, marking its prominence in both R&D and commercialization.

The company stated, "We plan to expand the application areas from simple repetitive tasks to various tasks in manufacturing and logistics sites, contributing to enhancing the efficiency and safety of the entire industry."


Cootion (CEO Lee Min-seok) is a company specializing in AI factories and robot app platforms, established in 2022. It continues to grow by providing solutions across various industrial fields, from industrial robots like palletizing and welding to service robots like drawing, ice cream, cooking, beer, and frying.

Recently, Cootion supplied a barista robot for espresso machines to Mega Coffee, which, unlike existing unmanned coffee vending robots, directly operates the espresso machine to automate most tasks a barista would perform, such as grinding beans, dosing, tamping, and extraction. It is expected to be introduced in existing coffee shops in the future.

Additionally, Cootion developed a mobile welding robot in collaboration with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, enabling workers with little welding experience to easily perform welding tasks. It also developed a palletizing robot capable of stacking books for a printing and publishing factory, supplying it to the Korean branch of Japan's SCREEN.

Cootion's achievements and technological capabilities have been recognized externally, winning the RoboWorld Award consecutively in 2023 and 2024. In January, it participated in CES, the world's largest IT and consumer electronics exhibition, showcasing its technology on the global stage.

Currently, Cootion is developing 'Pionoid,' a middleware platform for robot application development that connects the robot operating system and the application market. To this end, it secured investments from Evergreen Investment Partners and CNT Tech this year and was selected as a support company for the Startup Leap Package (Deep Tech field), embarking on full-scale development.

Lee Min-seok, CEO of Cootion, stated, "The global AI robotics trend is shifting from specialized robots to general-purpose robots, and from hardware to software-centric approaches," adding, "We will actively respond to this and continue our growth trend."

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