DRC-HUBO
A full-stack robotics company rooted in humanoid technology, with a commercial lineup spanning collaborative robots, mobile humanoids, quadruped robots, autonomous mobile robots, and mobile dual-arm robots.
Primary use case: Industrial automation across automotive, semiconductors and electronics, logistics, food and beverage, shipbuilding and heavy industry, security and defense, medical, education, and entertainment.
Height
160 cm
Weight
80 kg
DOF
34
Payload
20 kg
Specifications
Physical
Height
160 cm
Weight
80 kg
Degrees of Freedom
34
Locomotion
Hybrid
Manipulation
Hand Type
unknown
Payload
20 kg
Power & Autonomy
Autonomy Level
unknown
AI & Compute
AI Capabilities
Autonomous navigation and disaster-response task execution; 3D LiDAR perception for environment mapping; stereo camera-based obstacle detection and localization; high-level task planning via dedicated Vision PC running ROS Kinetic; real-time motion control via separate Motion PC with PODO framework; autonomous wheeled-to-bipedal mode switching for terrain adaptation
Onboard Compute
Dual-PC architecture: Vision PC running ROS Kinetic for perception and high-level task planning; Motion PC running PODO real-time control framework for joint motion control
Commercial
Availability
Commercial products; product demonstrations, quotations, and technical consultations are available through specialist partners and dealers.
Primary Use Case
Industrial automation across automotive, semiconductors and electronics, logistics, food and beverage, shipbuilding and heavy industry, security and defense, medical, education, and entertainment.
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