Holiday Robotics

Fact sheet

• Founded in 2024↗ Holiday Robotics Unveils ‘Friday’: A Wheeled Humanoid That Prioritizes Hands Over Legs | Humanoids Daily↗ Holiday Robotics Friday Specs & Price | Humanoid.guide↗ Holiday Robotics 2026 Company Profile↗ Holiday Robotics | FRIDAY↗ Holiday Robotics - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations↗ Holiday Robotics
• HQ in Seoul, South Korea↗ Holiday Robotics Unveils ‘Friday’: A Wheeled Humanoid That Prioritizes Hands Over Legs | Humanoids Daily↗ Holiday Robotics Friday Specs & Price | Humanoid.guide↗ Holiday Robotics 2026 Company Profile↗ Holiday Robotics | FRIDAY↗ Holiday Robotics - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations↗ Holiday Robotics
• Flagship product: FRIDAY (a wheeled humanoid robot)↗ Humanoid robot startup Holiday Robotics announced on the 21st that its research team led the paper ".. - MK · 2026-07-21↗ Agility outlines six recommendations for U.S. humanoid robot | HumanoidHub · 2026-07-16↗ Holiday Robotics Unveils ‘Friday’: A Wheeled Humanoid That Prioritizes Hands Over Legs | Humanoids Daily↗ Holiday Robotics Friday Specs & Price | Humanoid.guide↗ Holiday Robotics 2026 Company Profile↗ Holiday Robotics | FRIDAY
• Key technology: 20-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands with tactile sensors↗ Holiday Robotics Unveils ‘Friday’: A Wheeled Humanoid That Prioritizes Hands Over Legs | Humanoids Daily↗ Holiday Robotics Friday Specs & Price | Humanoid.guide↗ Holiday Robotics 2026 Company Profile↗ Holiday Robotics | FRIDAY↗ Holiday Robotics - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations↗ Holiday Robotics
• Focuses on industrial automation and manipulation tasks↗ Holiday Robotics Unveils ‘Friday’: A Wheeled Humanoid That Prioritizes Hands Over Legs | Humanoids Daily↗ Holiday Robotics Friday Specs & Price | Humanoid.guide↗ Holiday Robotics 2026 Company Profile↗ Holiday Robotics | FRIDAY↗ Holiday Robotics - Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations↗ Holiday Robotics
• Raised ~155 billion won (~$103M) Series A — largest Series A by a South Korean domestic robot company↗ Agility outlines six recommendations for U.S. humanoid robot | HumanoidHub · 2026-07-16
• Production target: 100 units initially, scaling to 1,000 units annually by 2027↗ Agility outlines six recommendations for U.S. humanoid robot | HumanoidHub · 2026-07-16
• Research paper 'FlashSAC' won best paper award at RSS 2026 — first such win by a South Korean entity at RSS↗ Humanoid robot startup Holiday Robotics announced on the 21st that its research team led the paper ".. - MK · 2026-07-21
• FlashSAC paper addresses significantly reducing humanoid walking learning time, applied to FRIDAY↗ Humanoid robot startup Holiday Robotics announced on the 21st that its research team led the paper ".. - MK · 2026-07-21
• Secured additional VC investment (week of July 13–16, 2026)↗ [VC’s Pick] “Humans and Robots Working Together”… Holiday Robotics Secures Investment - EDAILY · 2026-07-18
• Partnership with SK Telecom as part of SKT's physical AI and robotics ecosystem initiative↗ SKT Teams Up With 8 Physical AI Startups to Expand Robotics Ecosystem - Seoul Economic Daily · 2026-07-31

Recent developments

• SK Telecom has partnered with eight South Korean physical AI and robotics startups — including Holiday Robotics — to expand its robotics ecosystem, with SKT focusing on building communication/compute infrastructure and robot-learning platforms for industrial manufacturing and logistics.

  Read more ↗en.sedaily.com31 Jul

• Holiday Robotics secured investment during the week of July 13–16, 2026, as part of a broader VC funding round highlighted in Edaily's weekly VC picks, with a focus on humans and robots working together.

  Read more ↗en.edaily.co.kr18 Jul

• Holiday Robotics' research team led the paper 'FlashSAC,' which won the best paper award at RSS 2026 (Robotics: Science and Systems), the world's most prestigious robotics conference — the first time a South Korean entity has won this award. The paper focuses on significantly reducing humanoid walking learning time and has been applied to their self-developed robot FRIDAY.

  Read more ↗mk.co.kr21 Jul

• South Korean startup Holiday Robotics secured the largest Series A ever raised for a domestic robot company — approximately 155 billion won (~$103 million) — to accelerate production of its wheeled humanoid robot FRIDAY, targeting delivery of 1,000 units annually by 2027 after an initial 100-unit run.

  Read more ↗humanoidhub.ai16 Jul

• Holiday Robotics closed a ₩155 billion (~$103M) Series A in July 2026, marking the largest Series A for a Korean startup and the largest single humanoid robot funding round in Korea, with proceeds directed toward moving FRIDAY into commercial industrial production.

  Read more ↗rockingrobots.com15 Jul

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