Samsung Asset Management said on Feb. 3 that results of a survey of members on its ETF and fund platform FunETF found both investors and sellers picked a robot ETF as the most promising ETF for 2026.

The survey, covering KODEX ETFs, has been running since Jan. 19 and has drawn a total of 9,365 participants, including 8,565 investors and 800 sellers.

Among 8,565 individual investors, KODEX Robot Active won the most votes, chosen by 1,272 people, or 14.9 percent.

In the survey of 800 sellers, KODEX Robot Active also ranked first, with 162 votes, or 20.3 percent.

KODEX Robot Active builds its portfolio with a high weighting in key robot-related stocks such as Rainbow Robotics, Robotis and Doosan Robotics, along with major conglomerates such as Samsung Electronics, Naver, Kakao and LG Electronics that are actively investing in the robot industry.

A Samsung Asset Management official said the survey shows both investors and sellers recognise the robot industry as a key medium- to long-term growth theme. The official said it is also meaningful that investors viewed theme-based products such as robots and defence more positively, while sellers were relatively more positive about domestic equity ETFs.