Robai to test self-learning robot control on three LinkerBot hands and arms under MOU

Korean physical-AI start-up Robai has signed a memorandum of understanding with Beijing robot-hand maker LinkerBot to test whether its Robot Academy platform, in which a robot moves its own joints to learn how its body responds and then derives a suitable control method, works on commercial hardware, the Korean trade paper Artificial Intelligence Newspaper (aitimes.kr) reported on Oct 19 citing the company; MEKAWIRE found no release from Robai itself, and its claims of saved engineering time are untested.

The first trials cover three LinkerBot products, the Linker Hand O6, the Linker Hand L20 Lite and the Linker Arm P7, and will compare initial control set-up and calibration effort with conventional engineering; Robai says its software turns high-level task plans from robot foundation models into motor commands fitted to each robot's body.

LinkerBot has said it shipped 10,000 units in total by December 2025 and holds more than 80% of the global market for high-degree-of-freedom hands, figures supplied by the company, and no deal value, timeline or customer was disclosed.

The tie-up comes four days after MEKAWIRE reported Tesollo's KRW 5.25bn national project to put on-device AI into a 25-degree-of-freedom hand, the other Korean bet this month on making dexterous hands easier to control.