HUBO
HUBO (KHR-3) is a full-size bipedal humanoid robot developed by Professor Jun-Ho Oh at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), officially unveiled on January 6, 2005. Standing 125 cm tall and weighing 55 kg with 41 degrees of freedom, HUBO was one of the first full-size walking humanoids from Korea, comparable in specifications to Hondas ASIMO. The HUBO lab went on to develop numerous successors including Albert HUBO (2005), FX-1, and the DARPA Robotics Challenge-winning DRC-HUBO+ (2015).
Primary use case: Research
Height
125 cm
Weight
55 kg
DOF
41
Battery
2 hrs
Specifications
Physical
Height
125 cm
Weight
55 kg
Degrees of Freedom
41
Locomotion
Bipedal
Max Speed
1.25 km/h
Power & Autonomy
Battery Life
2 hrs
Commercial
Availability
Discontinued
Primary Use Case
Research
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