[INQ. NO. 2511E05] WIRobotics, a Korean wearable-robot company, recently won an Innovation Award in the Digital Health category at CES 2026 to be held in Las Vegas, USA.
This is the third consecutive year the company has won the award. Based on its human-centered design philosophy and proprietary technology, the company has once again demonstrated its global leadership in the wearable-robotics field.
The winning product this time is ‘Wim Kids,’ a wearable robot for walking assistance for growing children. Wim Kids features a growth-adaptive structure, featuring a modular frame system that can be replaced in three stages to accommodate a child’s growing leg length.

This single robot can cover the critical growth stages of a child from ages 4 to 15 years. Its engineering design, which satisfies both the needs for long-term usability and ergonomics, has been praised for its design, not just its size-control. Weighing less than 1kg, it is over 37% lighter than the previous ‘Wim S’ for adults.
Using an ultra-lightweight mechanism and personalized AI algorithm, the company achieved natural walking assistance without hindering the movements of growing children.
With this winning of a CES 2026 award, WIRobotics aims to establish itself as a wearable-robot brand that embraces all generations, from children to seniors.
The company’s CEO stated, “True innovation occurs when technology supports a child’s willpower. We aim to continue evolving our wearable robots to ensure their utility in various applications.”
Meanwhile, WIRobotics began full-scale sales in Europe and China this year. The ultra-lightweight wearable robot is highly regarded in local healthcare and senior-targeting exercise markets.
In August this year, in addition to wearable robots, the company introduced its humanoid robot ALLEX, suggesting a new direction for robotics technology. While the company’s Wim series of wearable walking-assistance robots designed for expanding mobility, the humanoid robot ALLEX, manufactured for expanding experience, realizes technologies that enable humans and robots to coexist.

 
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