ROBOTWORLD 2026 opens today, November 4, at KINTEX Exhibition Hall 1, Halls 3 to 5, in Goyang, South Korea, and runs until November 7. The central theme of this edition is Physical AI — robots that perceive their surroundings and carry out real tasks — and AI-driven manufacturing transformation.
The event is not only a showcase of humanoid robots. The programme includes dedicated pavilions for humanoids, food-tech and healthcare, with surgical and rehabilitation robots, hospital logistics, and kitchen and service automation. The International Robot Business Conference 2026, on November 4 and 5, brings together 36 sessions on manufacturing transformation, humanoids with Physical AI and mobility, with representatives from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Advantech, according to the event's publicity material.
Korean highlights named in that material include the mobile humanoid RBY and the quadruped RBQ series from Rainbow Robotics; Neuromeka's Physical Skill Foundation technology, designed for context-adaptive task execution, alongside the EIR and NAMI platforms; and Samhyun's AXLON actuator series, plus the autonomous transport robot BOLDUM for industrial material handling. International exhibitors include Advantech from Taiwan, FANUC from Japan, and Booster Robotics, PAXINI and Unitree from China.
One editorial caution: the scale figures differ between sources. The publicity release cites 402 companies from 17 countries and 1,198 booths, while the official site's homepage lists 365 companies from 13 countries and 1,027 booths — and the same site's introduction page gives yet another total. This article therefore does not treat the exact exhibitor total as a confirmed figure: what is confirmed is the venue, the dates and the programme described by the event.
The business programme includes matchmaking sessions between suppliers and buyers from November 4 to 6, a seminar on country-specific certification on November 5, and Global Scale-up Day on November 6, aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises and startups in AI and robotics seeking investment. The event presents itself as a platform for practical cooperation between Korean and international companies, not only as a prototype exhibition.
Related reading on Geekiki: Alice 5 wins the top prize at Robot World 2026, from Aei Robot, in earlier coverage of the event.
Image credit: ROBOTWORLD, official event banner showing industrial robot arms.
Sources: ROBOTWORLD — official site; ROBOTWORLD — Exhibition Introduction; PR Newswire — ROBOTWORLD 2026 to Spotlight Physical AI; Third News — ROBOTWORLD 2026 at KINTEX.
Transparency: this article was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence, drawing on public internet sources and official publications, and should be checked against the original sources listed above.
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