How the robots learned K-pop choreography — the Soulware robot OS
At the grand-opening press conference, Galaxy Corporation presented Soulware, its own robot operating system built around learning K-pop choreography.
Key takeawayAt the press conference for Galaxy Robot Park’s official opening on 21 August 2026, Galaxy Corporation unveiled Soulware, a robot OS specialised in learning K-pop choreography. According to Seoul Economic Daily, it turns a choreography video into robot motion through 3D simulation and reinforcement learning, with a commercial release planned for 2027. Foot-grip control, joint-tremor correction and simultaneous group routines across different robot models were also described.
From a dance video to robot motion
In its report on the press conference of 21 August 2026, the English edition of Seoul Economic Daily introduced ‘Soulware’ as a robot learning and control operating system specialised in K-pop choreography. As described, a choreography video is fed in, the movements are reproduced in a three-dimensional virtual simulation, and repeated reinforcement learning then enables a robot to perform them.
In other words, video data of a human dancing is the starting point, simulation and reinforcement learning in a virtual space are the intermediate stage, and the physical robot’s movement is the result. This account is the outlet’s relay of the technical introduction the company gave at the conference; figures for how long training takes or how accurate it is did not appear in the report.
According to the same report, humanoid robots demonstrated choreography to a Big Bang track at the conference. The company also used the occasion to announce that Galaxy Robot Park had opened with robot group performances, an ice-cream café and portrait robots.
The corrections a stage demands
According to Seoul Economic Daily, Soulware was described as controlling the grip of the feet, correcting tremor and buckling in the joints, and allowing several robots of different models to perform a group routine at the same time.
A group routine poses a different problem from reproducing a single robot’s movement, because several machines must hold the same beat and formation together. Grip and joint correction are what keep a robot from slipping or wobbling on the floor; simultaneous dancing across different models can be read as fitting bodies of different construction to a single piece of choreography.
The report did not, however, include specifics such as a list of supported models or how many robots can be synchronised at once. The scope of these functions rests on the company’s description and should be read as such.
Plans to commercialise
The company said it intends to release Soulware as a commercial product next year. Since the announcement was made in August 2026, the planned release, according to Seoul Economic Daily, falls in 2027. The accompanying explanation was that the OS could be used on robots much as Android is used on smartphones.
Choi Yong-ho compared the idea to Google’s Android OS running on Samsung Electronics smartphones. The plan is to productise a software layer separate from the robot hardware; beyond that analogy, the report did not cover pricing or how the product would be sold.
The same conference also produced reports that a second park in Dubai is planned within 2026 and that third and fourth parks in the United States are under review. Both the commercialisation of Soulware and the overseas parks were plans as of the announcement, and whether they are carried out needs to be confirmed through later reporting.
What the stage shows
According to Cheonji Ilbo’s opening report of 21 August 2026, the Robot Arena staged K-pop group routines to YENA’s ‘Catch Catch’, Big Bang’s ‘Bang Bang Bang’ and ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’s ‘APT.’, followed by a taekwondo spinning-kick demonstration and a boxing show. The same report said the company is developing its own character robots and a robot OS.
Earlier, covering the official opening and vision ceremony on 15 May 2026, ZDNet Korea reported that humanoid robots performed six songs, including tracks by G-Dragon and Taemin, and that a mirroring system, in which a robot is controlled by following a person’s movements, was demonstrated. At that time the company presented choreography learning, synchronised group dancing and human-motion mirroring as the robots’ capabilities.
The choreography learning and synchronised dancing in the May coverage and the description of Soulware unveiled at the August conference point in the same direction, but the May performances were not reported as having been driven by Soulware, so the two moments are read separately.
Transferring choreography versus executing it
Applying human choreography to a robot runs into the problem that the two bodies differ in structure and range of motion. Extracting movement from a video and having a physical body move while keeping its balance are not the same task. The virtual simulation, reinforcement learning and grip and joint corrections mentioned in the article are the company’s technical description of the process that sits between those steps.
‘Commercialisation next year’, said in August 2026, means 2027. The announcement alone does not support writing that the product is on sale now, or extending it to compatibility with every robot model. Published performance tests, a list of supported models and product documentation would be needed before the scope of the commercial product could be judged in more detail.
Frequently asked questions
What is Soulware?
Soulware is a robot learning and control operating system that Galaxy Corporation unveiled at the press conference for Galaxy Robot Park’s official opening on 21 August 2026. According to Seoul Economic Daily, it is specialised in learning K-pop choreography and converts a choreography video into robot motion through 3D simulation and reinforcement learning.
When will Soulware be commercially available?
According to Seoul Economic Daily, the company said it plans to release Soulware as a commercial product in 2027. That is the plan as announced in August 2026; it is not a product currently on sale.
What kinds of robot movement does Soulware handle?
The reported functions are controlling the grip of the feet, correcting tremor and buckling in the joints, and enabling several robots of different models to perform a group routine at the same time. At the opening-day performance on 21 August 2026, robots danced group routines to tracks including Big Bang’s ‘Bang Bang Bang’.
Which songs did the robots at Galaxy Robot Park perform?
According to Cheonji Ilbo, the opening-day performance on 21 August 2026 included YENA’s ‘Catch Catch’, Big Bang’s ‘Bang Bang Bang’ and ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’s ‘APT.’. Earlier, at the vision ceremony on 15 May, six songs were performed, including tracks by G-Dragon and Taemin.