WONIK ROBOTICS (CEO Kim Hak-rae) announced that it received the Minister's Award from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy at the 24th International Nanotech Convergence Exhibition (NANO KOREA 2026), held from July 8 to 10 at KINTEX in Ilsan. The award recognized the company's next-generation intelligent robotic hand, the 'Allegro Hand V5 Plus,' which incorporates an omnidirectional tactile sensor based on nanostructure technology.

The award-winning Allegro Hand V5 Plus is a next-generation robotic hand that precisely replicates human hand movements. Its defining feature is an omnidirectional tactile sensor that wraps 360 degrees around the fingertip segments, detecting contact pressure in real time and feeding this data back into an AI-based control algorithm to achieve more precise and stable object manipulation. In particular, the sensor employs ultra-precision, nano-material-based pressure-sensing technology capable of accurately recognizing even minute changes in pressure, enabling delicate manipulation performance that closely approximates the human sense of touch.

Moreover, by going beyond conventional position-based control to implement Intelligent Manipulation technology—in which sensing, AI-driven judgment, and control are linked together in real time—the hand can stably grasp and delicately manipulate objects of various shapes and materials in a human-like manner. This technology is regarded as a core enabling factor for improving the task success rate and safety of humanoid robots, and it is expected to be applied across a wide range of fields requiring highly precise operations, including industrial automation, logistics, services, and healthcare.

With the rapid growth of the humanoid robot market driven by recent advances in AI technology, the importance of robotic hands that replicate human-like hand functions continues to grow. WONIK ROBOTICS plans to continuously expand its lineup of robotic hands equipped with various tactile sensors, while strengthening partnerships with global humanoid and collaborative robot companies based on its accumulated technological expertise and mass-production experience, as it moves to intensify its push into the global market.

A WONIK ROBOTICS representative said, “This Minister's Award from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy officially recognizes the innovativeness and industrial value of our AI-based tactile feedback control technology. We will continue developing next-generation robotic hand technology that leads the humanoid era, contributing to the enhanced competitiveness of the global robotics industry.”