Samsung SDI is getting ready to show off the future of robotics power. The company announced on Monday that it will unveil a brand-new type of battery designed specifically for humanoid robots and other physical artificial intelligence at the InterBattery 2026 trade show in Seoul this week.
This will be the first time the public gets to see Samsung’s new “all-solid-state” battery pouch. The company has already been developing solid-state batteries for electric cars, but those are shaped like hard, rectangular prisms. To fit inside the tight spaces of robots, drones, and wearable tech, Samsung had to rethink the design and create a flexible pouch version.
Robots present a unique challenge for battery makers. They don’t have much room for power storage, so they need batteries that pack a massive amount of energy into a very small, lightweight space. Furthermore, when a robot suddenly moves or lifts something heavy, it requires a huge spike in power.
Samsung says its new solid-state pouch battery solves these problems. It is much lighter than traditional batteries but can still safely deliver the intense bursts of power that physical AI demands.
At the trade show, Samsung SDI plans to have the largest booth of any exhibitor. Their slogan for the event is “AI thinks, Battery enables.” It’s a clear message that while everyone else focuses on the software brains of AI, Samsung is focused on the hardware muscle that will actually allow these robots to move and work in the real world.
Beyond the exciting new robot batteries, the company will also display massive power storage systems designed to keep AI data centers running smoothly, proving they want to power the entire AI ecosystem from top to bottom.
