Adin Robotics (CEO Choi Hyuk-ryeol and Lee Yun-haeng), a 'robot sensor specialist', has been selected as the final joint research and development institution for humanoid surgical assistance robots for the '2025 Korean ARPA-H Project' promoted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a high-stakes, high-risk healthcare technology development program modeled after the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). As a key strategic initiative of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, ARPA-H aims to achieve five key national missions: ▲establishing health security, ▲overcoming unconquered diseases, ▲securing biohealth technology gaps, ▲improving welfare and care, and ▲innovating essential healthcare. Only companies with exceptional technological prowess are selected as research institutions for this project through a rigorous evaluation process.
This project, titled "Development of a Humanoid Physical AI Robot for Surgical Assistance," is led by Samsung Medical Center and participated by Samsung Institute of Convergence Medical Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Seoul National University, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Rainbow Robotics, and Naver Cloud. Professor Joohyung Kim of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Professor Dennis Hong of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) joined the international robot advisory group, forming the largest medical-robotics convergence consortium in Korea. The goal is to address national challenges such as an aging population, shortage of medical personnel, and imbalances in regional medical infrastructure, and a total budget of 13.8 billion won will be invested in two phases until 2029.
For this project, AIDIN Robotics will develop a "precision gripper module and medical robot hand," the core technologies of its surgical assistance humanoid robot, in two stages. Building on the company's high-precision force and torque sensing technology and its humanoid robot hand platform (AIDIN-Hand), the company plans to develop a high-performance medical robot hand that integrates the sophisticated surgical tool manipulation capabilities and sensory-based control technologies required in medical settings.
Aiden Robotics has proven its technological competitiveness by supplying specialized medical and industrial products, such as orthodontic force measurement equipment and surgical micro-force measurement sensors, utilizing its proprietary 6-axis force and torque sensors to leading domestic and international institutions. Through this project, Aiden Robotics has expanded its technological capabilities into the "manipulation" area, establishing itself as a specialized company in End-of-Arm Tooling (EoAT) for collaborative and humanoid robots and laying the technological foundation to contribute to addressing national healthcare needs.
Lee Yoon-haeng, CEO of Adin Robotics, said, “This selection for the ARPA-H project is significant in that it recognizes the expandability and strategic value of Adin’s robot sensor and manipulation technology in the medical field.” He expressed his ambition, saying, “Based on integrated technology encompassing everything from precision sensing to manipulation, we will grow into an EoAT specialized company that will become the standard for next-generation collaborative robots and humanoid robots.”
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