Robocare

What Robocare does

Robocare Co., Ltd. (주식회사 로보케어) is a South Korean care-robot company founded in October 2012 as Korea Institute of Science and Technology's (KIST) first technology spin-off, and since 2015 a subsidiary of Global Standard Technology Co., Ltd. (GST). Headquartered in Pangyo 2nd Techno-Valley, Seongnam, the company builds social robots that deliver cognitive training, dementia prevention, and developmental-disability screening, with a deployed footprint across Korean public health centers, dementia centers, senior welfare centers, hospitals, and home consumers. Its product line spans Silbot (group cognitive training for up to 12 participants), Bomi 1 and Bomi Lite (personal tabletop cognitive training), Bomi 2 (autonomous in-home daily-care robot with ChatGPT-based conversation), Dori (ADHD and developmental-disorder screening and education, 95%+ accuracy), and the 2024-launched Cami-friends home companion robot.

Underpinning the products is a proprietary stack combining human-robot interaction (HRI) with ~300 emotion expressions and 3D avatar technology, multi-modal sensing integration using RGB-D sensors, autonomous navigation with spatial mapping and auto-recharging, computer-vision-based health measurement (pulse, respiration, stress), TTS-driven speech, and AI big-data analytics for behavioral pattern recognition (Hibomi data management system). Robocare holds 19 patents (13 registered, 6 applied) plus 6 industrial designs, is T3-certified by Korea's Technology Credit-Rating Agency, and has MRI-validated clinical evidence at Ewha Mokdong Hospital of cortical thickening from robot-based cognitive training.

Robocare generates revenue primarily through hardware sales of care robots to institutions and directly to consumers via robocareshop.co.kr, supplemented by maintenance, software updates, and content licensing. Distribution combines direct institutional sales in Korea, an exclusive European channel partnership with Melvin (Denmark), and consumer e-commerce. The company sells into Korean municipalities (Seongnam, Suncheon, Gwangmyeong, Dalseo-gu Daegu, Gyeongbuk Province) and runs recurring citizen-experience and welfare-center pilots; it has won Robot Company of the Year in 2016, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2025.

Name

Robocare

Legal name

주식회사 로보케어 (Robocare Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://robocare.co.kr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Robocare (주식회사 로보케어) is a South Korean care-robot company, founded in 2012 as a KIST spin-off, that builds social robots — Silbot, Bomi, Dori, and Cami-friends — for elderly cognitive training, dementia prevention, and developmental-disability screening, serving Korean municipalities, hospitals, welfare centers, and home consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Care Robotics

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Assistive Robotics (HDAAAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL), Home Companion & Social Robots (CRACARAE), Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)

Keywords

• Care robotics
• Dementia prevention robots
• Cognitive training robots
• Developmental screening robots
• Human-robot interaction

Headquarters

HQ city

Seongnam

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Care Robot Sales: Sale of physical care robots including Silbot, Bomi1, Bomi2, Bomi Lite, Dori, and Care Robot Mini Friends (Cami-friends). Both institutional sales to healthcare facilities and direct-to-consumer sales through their e-commerce platform.
2. Robot Maintenance and Support Services: Ongoing maintenance, software updates, and support services for deployed robots at institutional customers.
3. Content Licensing: Cognitive training content and specialized educational programs licensed to partner institutions and healthcare facilities.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Robocare develops, manufactures, and sells humanoid care robots for elderly cognitive training, dementia prevention, daily home care, and child developmental disability screening. Its product lineup includes the Silbot group cognitive training system used by welfare centers and public health facilities, the Bomi 1 and Bomi Lite personal tabletop cognitive trainers, the Bomi 2 mobile home-care robot with autonomous navigation and medication reminders, the Dori ADHD screening and behavioral training robot, and the Cami-friends home companion robot. Beyond hardware, the company licenses cognitive training content to partner institutions and provides ongoing maintenance and support services for deployed robots.

Product overview

Robocare is a care robot company offering a portfolio of humanoid social robots built around human-robot interaction for dementia prevention, cognitive training, and developmental disability care. The core product lineup consists of Silbot (group-type cognitive training robot for up to 12 participants at welfare centers and public health facilities), Bomi 1 (personal tabletop cognitive training robot for individuals), Bomi 2 (mobile daily care home robot with autonomous navigation and ChatGPT-based conversation), Dori (ADHD screening and behavioral development training robot for children with over 95% accuracy), and Cami-friends (home companion robot with fall detection and care services). These are supplemented by Bomi Lite cognitive training content using interactive blocks and specialized cognitive training software content for dementia prevention. All products are built on shared proprietary technology including autonomous navigation, HRI (human-robot interaction), emotion recognition and expression, multi-modal sensing, and AI-based screening and training capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Silbot: Group-type dementia prevention and cognitive training robot system for elderly and people at risk of dementia. Provides cognitive training games with up to 12 participants simultaneously.
• Bomi 1
• Bomi 2
• Bomi Lite
• Dori
• Cami-friends (케미프렌즈)

Products and services

• Silbot (실벗) Group-type cognitive training robot system for elderly people and those at risk of dementia, providing brain function improving cognitive training contents for up to 12 participants simultaneously. Used by public health centers, dementia centers, and senior welfare centers in Korea and Denmark.
• Bomi 1 (보미1) Personal tabletop cognitive training system providing brain function improving contents to help reduce risk of dementia, featuring 10 robot games and 10 interactive block games jointly developed with neurologists at Ewha Mokdong Hospital. Includes user motion recognition such as hand raising and clapping. Deployed at university hospitals, dementia centers, senior welfare centers, and households.
• Bomi 2 (보미2) Indoor mobile daily care robot for elderly and people at risk of dementia, combining brain improvement cognitive training contents with autonomous navigation, emergency call service, medication reminders, and ChatGPT-based daily conversation. Features facial recognition for non-contact pulse, respiration, heart health, and stress measurement. Targeted at home elderly, senior welfare centers, and smart senior community centers.
• Dori (도리) Smart interactive robot for developmental disability screening and behavioral development training in children, particularly ADHD screening with over 95% accuracy versus clinician diagnoses. Uses multi-modal sensing integration to identify behavioral patterns. Includes 3 types of developmental disorder screening content and 8 types of education and training content. Sold to comprehensive development support centers, special education institutions, schools, hospitals, and child psychology centers.
• Bomi Lite (보미 Lite) Cognitive training learning content system using interactive blocks, jointly developed with neurologists at Ewha Mokdong Hospital. Targets elderly and at-risk-of-dementia populations with 20 brain-region-specific games (10 robot games and 10 block games) covering frontal lobe, parietal lobe, and temporal lobe.
• Cami-friends (케미프렌즈) Home-use mini companion robot unveiled at the 2024 RoboWorld exhibition, featuring user following, fall detection, and situation-appropriate customized care services for family companionship. Targeted at households with elderly or socially isolated family members.
• Cognitive Training Contents (인지 훈련 콘텐츠) Dementia prevention elderly care program consisting of 20 cognitive training games interlocked with dementia prevention robots and smart pads, providing specialized systematic cognitive training. Clinical MRI studies verified that robot-based cognitive training increases cerebral cortex thickness in elderly users compared with non-trained groups.
• Special Children Education Solution (특수 아동 교육) Speech and psychotherapy robot service for children with autism or ADHD symptoms, providing autonomous learning programs, language and psychological treatment through game-based content, and treatment schedule management via remote technology for special education and child development institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased cerebral cortex thickness by 0.004mm in elderly receiving robot-based cognitive training vs 0.028mm thinning in non-trained and 0.012mm thinning in human teacher training groups (MRI analysis)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Seongnam CitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Supplied and operated Silbot, Bomi1, and Dori as part of Seongnam City's Smart Village Distribution Expansion Project
• Suncheon CitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Supplied and operated Bomi1 and Bomi2 as part of Suncheon City's Regulatory Innovation Robot Demonstration Project
• Gyeongbuk ProvinceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Participated in Gyeongbuk Province's 'Overcoming Low Birth Rate AI Care Robot' exhibition event
• Sungkyunkwan UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote Co-op programs and foster talent through industry-academic cooperation
• Gachon UniversitycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Signed a technology transfer agreement for cognitive function-specialized functional content and development know-how. Also signed separate agreement for healthcare conversation data, processing technology know-how, and related patents.
• Dalseo-gu, DaeguminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Selected as developer and supplier for Demand-Customized Service Robot Project in Dalseo-gu, Daegu
• National Rehabilitation CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Selected as lead research institution for Care Robot and Empirical R&D Project. Conducting intermediary research on integrated monitoring of multiple care robots and sensor information, and supporting care tasks.
• Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2022Amended technology licensing agreement for 7 technologies including component-based sequencing layer software architecture for intelligent robots. Robocare was established as KIST's first technology spin-off company in 2012.
• Korea University of Technology and EducationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Signed a family company agreement
• Ewha Womans University Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration and talent exchange through AI convergence master's and doctoral training program
• Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2022Signed technology transfer agreement for exclusive and non-exclusive licenses on 7 patents including walking analysis system and method
• Seongnam CitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Selected for Demand-Customized Service Robot Development and Distribution Project with Bomi2
• Seongnam Senior-Friendly Comprehensive Experience Center and Bundang Senior Welfare CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Signed business cooperation agreement for living lab-based community pilot service project
• Future Welfare Convergence Research Institute at Kangnam UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Signed industry-academic cooperation agreement for fostering talent and developing knowledge technology to realize welfare society for socially disadvantaged
• Yongin Kangnam UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Signed industry-academic cooperation agreement for enhancing special education for developmental disabilities through robotic technology
• Gwangmyeong CityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Selected as operator for Robot Utilization Support Project for Socially Disadvantaged Groups with Bomi2
• Warm Companion Social Welfare FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Developed cognitive training robot system for individuals with developmental disabilities, supported by POSCO 1% Sharing Foundation
• Seocho-gu Central Senior Welfare CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Signed MOU for welfare center programs
• Seongnam CitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Selected for Robot Utilization Support Project for Socially Disadvantaged Groups. Installed Silbot at Seongnam-si Sujeong-gu Health Center and 9 welfare centers.
• Ewha Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Joint research agreement for collaborative research, development, and commercialization of cognitive training robot technology for patients with cognitive impairments
• Seongnam-si Sujeong-gu Health Center Dementia Safety CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Agreement to improve dementia awareness and promote educational programs for dementia prevention
• Seoul Robotics High SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Industry-academic cooperation agreement for fostering skilled talent
• Kyonggi UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Industry-academic cooperation agreement to promote the value of AI
• Melvin (Denmark)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Exclusive sales agreement in Europe for Robocare products
• Denmark (Export)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2014Exported dementia prevention and cognitive training robot Silbot to Denmark
• Seoul Samsung Hospital (Neurology Department)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Joint development of cognitive training content for dementia prevention robot Silbot in collaboration with Neurology Department
• SK C&CcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology partnership for robot AI service development

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• GROOVE X: Japan-based maker of LOVOT, a companion robot for emotional well-being. Comparable to Robocare's Cami-friends in targeting home companion/affective care, though with a stronger consumer-lifestyle orientation.
• Embodied: US-based social robotics company behind Moxie, an AI-powered companion robot for children. Comparable to Robocare's Dori for developmental engagement, with overlapping child-focused HRI and AI-driven interactive content.
• Intuition Robotics: Israel-based developer of ElliQ, an AI-powered companion robot specifically targeting older adults living independently. Comparable to Robocare's Cami-friends and Bomi2 home-care roadmap, with similar emphasis on proactive engagement and cognitive companionship.
• Catalia Health: US-based health companion robot company behind Mabu, a tabletop robot for chronic disease patient engagement. Comparable to Robocare's Bomi1 personal care robot in form factor and use of HRI for ongoing health and cognitive engagement.
• Aeolus Robotics: Japan/Taiwan-based developer of dual-arm mobile service robots for eldercare and hospitality. Comparable to Robocare's Bomi2 autonomous mobile care robot in deploying autonomous navigation in real-world care and home settings.

Broad incumbents

• Hanson Robotics: Developer of Sophia and other expressive humanoid social robots. Comparable to Robocare's humanoid-style HRI technology (300+ emotion expressions, 3D avatar) for service and care environments, though with broader consumer/enterprise scope.
• SoftBank Robotics: Maker of Pepper and NAO humanoid robots deployed globally in retail, healthcare and eldercare. While not specialized in dementia, SoftBank is the dominant humanoid social robot platform competing for the same institutional and Asian care-robot budgets.
• Toyota (Human Support Robot / HSR): Toyota's HSR is one of the most advanced eldercare-assistive robots globally, used in Japanese hospitals and research. Operates as a broad incumbent in care robotics with significantly deeper R&D resources than Robocare.

Direct peers

• PARO Robots (Intelligent System Co.): Japan-based maker of the PARO therapeutic seal robot, used worldwide for dementia and elderly care in hospitals and care facilities. Directly competes with Robocare's Silbot and Bomi line as a clinically oriented companion robot for cognitive stimulation.

Regional players

• LUXROBO: Korean edtech and modular robotics company, named alongside Robocare in the Gwangju AI cooperation initiative. Comparable as a Korea-based robotics company pursuing STEM and AI educational robotics, partially overlapping with Robocare's Dori education/screening product line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Robot.Robocare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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