Korea’s autumn robot calendar: five events and one IPO, Oct–Nov 2026

Korea has five confirmed robotics and physical-AI events in October and November 2026: the Seoul AI Robot Show at COEX on October 6–8, the Nature–KAIST Autonomous Robotics conference in Daejeon on October 13–15, the Korea Electronics Show (KES) at COEX on October 13–16, Daegu’s FIX 2026 on October 21–24, and Robot World at KINTEX on November 4–7. Force/torque sensor maker AL Robot also takes retail IPO subscriptions on October 26–27.

The mix matters more than the count. The city shows are where humanoids are put in front of the public; Robot World is where Korean robot makers and parts suppliers sell to industrial buyers; the KAIST conference is the only research venue of the five.

October 2026

• Seoul AI Robot Show — October 6–8, COEX Hall B, Seoul. Run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government as the robot hall of Smart Life Week 2026, co-organised with the World Smart City Organization (WeGO) and the Seoul AI Foundation. Sankyung Ilbo reported on September 30 that 51 companies will exhibit, including Hyundai Motor and Kia’s Robotics LAB, LG CNS and Doosan Robotics, with six Korean humanoids shown together and a Physical AI Forum on October 7. Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert gives the opening keynote on October 6. It is the second edition. Official site: slw.kr.
• Autonomous Robotics (Nature Conferences) — October 13–15, KAIST Academic Cultural Complex (E9), Daejeon. Co-hosted by KAIST and Nature. Edaily reported on June 26 that it is the first Nature conference with robotics as its main subject, after roughly 50 earlier events on AI, biotechnology and energy. Keynote speakers include Sami Haddadin (MBZUAI), Aude Billard (EPFL) and Steven H. Collins (Stanford). Official page: Nature Careers.
• KES 2026 — October 13–16, COEX Halls A and B, Seoul. Organised by the Korea Electronics Association, which lists 500 exhibitors, 1,100 booths and 70,000 expected visitors. Robotics is one of seven exhibition sectors, centred on service, logistics and fulfilment robots. The US Consumer Technology Association runs “CES Asia Unveiled Seoul” inside the show (CTA, Aug 19). It overlaps the KAIST conference. Official site: kes.org.
• FIX 2026 (Future Innovation Tech Expo) — October 21–24, EXCO, Daegu. Hosted by Daegu Metropolitan City, with 510 companies and 2,100 booths, according to Kyongbuk Maeil (Sep 14). Robotics is one of four sectors, alongside future mobility, AI/ICT and startups.
• Market calendar: AL Robot IPO — October 26–27. The maker of joint torque and six-axis force/torque sensors runs institutional book-building on October 15–21 and retail subscription on October 26–27, offering 2.4 million shares at ₩15,700–17,600 for ₩37.7–42.2 billion, with Daishin Securities as lead manager, Newspim reported on September 21. A listing date was not disclosed.

Regional note: Beijing’s Robot Warrior rescue challenge runs October 17–18 in China.

November 2026

• Robot World 2026 — November 4–7, KINTEX, Goyang. Robot Newspaper describes it as Korea’s largest robot exhibition. Announced exhibitors include Brils, which will run humanoid and quadruped demonstrations with Deep Robotics. We could not verify a 2026 exhibitor count from the organiser. For scale, the 2025 edition drew more than 350 companies and over 1,000 booths, hosted by the trade ministry and co-organised by the Korea AI·Robot Industry Association, KIRIA and ICROS (KIDD, Nov 5, 2025). Official site: robotworld.or.kr.
• Product timing: ROBOTIS has said official sales of its AI Sapiens K1 humanoid start in November, at about 10 units a month to begin with (our Humanoids Summit Seoul report).

Further out

ICRA 2027 — May 24–28, 2027, COEX, Seoul. The IEEE’s flagship robotics conference, per its official site. Oh Jun-ho, head of Samsung Electronics’ future robot task force, said in August that Samsung plans to present a humanoid there; that was his statement, not a company announcement (our report).