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WHATs LAB Corp.

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Seoul startup making Air Glove Atlas, an open-band haptic data glove for robot hand teleoperation, Physical AI data capture and XR training

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Company Overview

WHATs LAB Corp. is a Korean hardware and software company founded in March 2023 and based in Seocho-gu, Seoul, with 11 employees as of September 2026. It builds hand-interaction devices that turn human hand motion and contact into machine-readable data, positioning itself between robot learning (Physical AI) and XR virtual training. Co-CEOs are Sim Dong-hyeon and Song Hye-won.

Its product is Air Glove Atlas, an open-band glove-type controller developed in-house in Korea. Each unit carries a 9DoF AHRS sensor set (3-axis accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer) and four-step per-finger haptic feedback that can be customised. It connects over Bluetooth 5.1 at up to 15 m, runs 4-6 hours on an 1800 mAh Li-Po cell and can also be used continuously while wired. One size fits either hand. Supported operating systems are Windows, Linux, macOS and Android, and the accompanying SDK, built on anatomical hand data, integrates with Unity, Unreal, ROS2 and NVIDIA Isaac Sim.

Stated use cases are robot hand teleoperation and manipulation-data collection for Sim2Real pipelines, XR-based industrial and defence training, and upper-limb rehabilitation and occupational-therapy content. Described working relationships include Samsung Electronics (Air Glove supply and tactile sensing), Hyundai Motor Group (factory-automation data), HD Hyundai (virtual training content), LIG D&A (missile maintenance training), ROBOTIS, WONIK Robotics (Allegro Hand), ROBROS, lili-o, Wonju Severance, Korea's National Rehabilitation Center and KHIDI. Distribution in Taiwan runs through idminer.

The company closed a seed round in 2026 with Antler, joined the NVIDIA Inception programme, exhibited at MWC Barcelona 2026 and 4YFN 2026, and received a WIS 2026 Innovation Award from Korea's Minister of Science and ICT.

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Air Glove Atlas

Open-band glove-type hand interaction controller with per-finger haptic feedback for robot teleoperation and XR training

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Contact WHATs LAB Corp.

WEBSITE

https://www.whatslab.co.kr/en

EMAIL

[email protected]

HEADQUARTERS

62-9 Seocho-daero 50-gil
Unit 601, 6F
Seoul , Seoul

Korea, Republic of (South)

Company Facts

Founded

2023

Primary Role

Manufacturer

Company Size

employees 10-50

Primary Region

Asia-Pacific

Annual Sales

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Funding Stage

Early-Stage VC

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