WIRobotics Unveils Upper Body of General-Purpose Humanoid Robot ALLEX

WIRobotics announced that it unveiled the upper body of its general-purpose humanoid robot ALLEX on August 18, 2025, at the Robot Innovation Hub at KOREATECH. The company said ALLEX features humanlike force sensing and compliance throughout its body, along with a high-DoF robotic hand and low-friction, backdrivable arms.

WIRobotics showed a concrete upper-body design for a humanoid robot intended to work with people, with force-responsive compliance in its hands, arms and waist. The company said the design combines sensitive detection of small forces at the fingertips, substantially lower friction and rotational inertia than conventional collaborative robot arms, and gravity compensation at the waist. This enables the robot to handle loads while maintaining safe contact, addressing requirements for applications involving direct contact with people or objects, such as service, manufacturing and household tasks.