Achievements
AchievementsWhat SARTEXO has built, from pre-incorporation to today
From pre-incorporation to today
How the research became a company. The full chronological record is on the history page.
Feb - Jul 2026
Pre-incorporation
- Selected among KIMM's 20 First-Best-Only technologies
- Grand Prize, Daedeok Innopolis Deep Tech Pre-Startup Competition
- Field validation MOU with ROK Army Headquarters
Aug 2026
Incorporation
- SARTEXO Inc. established
- Excellence Award, 2026 Science & Technology Startup Competition
Sep 2026 -
After founding
- SLINGSHOT 2026 global finals — Top 10 in Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Systems
- Regular member, Korea Association of AI Robot Industry
- SWITCH 2026 and Reha-Homecare 2026 upcoming
Awards & selections
SLINGSHOT 2026 Finalist — Top 10 in Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Systems
Selected among 50 global finalists from thousands of startups at Singapore's flagship competition, ranking in the top 10 of the Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Systems track. Competing at Domain Finals this October.
Excellence Award, 2026 Science & Technology Startup Competition
Selected among 15 finalist teams nationwide, top 7 at the final demo day (Aug 2026)
Grand Prize, Daedeok Innopolis Deep-Tech Startup Competition
Top prize (INNOPOLIS Foundation Chairman's Award) for Fabric Muscle-based wearable suit technology
Selected as one of KIMM's 20 First·Best·Only Technologies
The Fabric Muscle-based clothing-type Bionic Suit selected among KIMM's 20 representative technologies for its 50th anniversary
Patents
60 patents worldwide (34 granted · 26 pending) covering Fabric Muscle and textile wearable robot core technology.
60
Patents worldwide (34 granted · 26 pending)
48
Domestic (32 granted · 16 pending)
12
International (2 granted · 10 pending — US·EPO·PCT)
KEY PATENTS
Key Patents
Our IP covers the full stack — from the core Fabric Muscle technology to mass-production equipment and joint-specific suits.
Fabric Woven with SMA Springs and Textile-Type Soft Actuator
Continuous Manufacturing Apparatus and Method for SMA Springs
Modular Joint-Specific Assistive Wearable Robot Using Fabric Actuators
Shoulder-Assist Soft Wearable Robot
Knee-Assist Suit
Soft Actuator with Cooling System and Wearable Robot
Driving Apparatus and Method for Artificial Muscle Modules
These patents were invented by our founder and are owned by KIMM. SARTEXO holds the commercialization rights.
Technical evidence
14 SCI PapersThe papers behind our product claims. They were measured under different conditions, so they are not compared or converted between one another.
① Actuator-level performance (material/component) · ② Work-assist evaluation (healthy adults, field/lab) · ③ Patient clinical studies — conditions differ, so the results are not compared or converted across groups.
Soft Exosuit Based on Fabric Muscle to Assist Shoulder Joint Movements in Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases
Fabric Muscle shoulder-assist suit, Seoul National University Hospital clinical trial — 57%+ shoulder ROM improvement
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2025.3613709A Novel Fabric Muscle Based on Shape Memory Alloy Springs
Proposed a novel Fabric Muscle technology based on SMA springs
Suit-type Wearable Robot Powered by Shape-memory-alloy-based Fabric Muscle
Proposed the first suit-type wearable robot (STWR) powered by SMA-based Fabric Muscle
Key Projects
KIMM–ROK Army Field Validation MOU
MOU signed in May 2026 for field validation cooperation on SMA-based clothing-type soft wearable robots
Alchemist Project
Fabric Muscle weaving technology research and automated weaving equipment development
Core Robot Technology Development
Clothing-type wearable robot core technology R&D
Lee Kun-hee Pediatric Cancer & Rare Disease Initiative
Clinical trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Validated 57%+ shoulder ROM improvement
Memberships
Regular member, Korea Association of AI Robot Industry
Joined September 2026Korea's representative robotics industry body, which began in 1999 as a robotics research association, became the Korea Association of Robot Industry in 2008, and took its current name in 2025. It has around 350 member companies.
Association website
Founder
Cheol Hoon Park — The researcher who made Fabric Muscle, and why he founded SARTEXO
Fourteen years of artificial muscle research at KIMM produced Fabric Muscle, and that technology became SARTEXO.
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