DRC-HUBO

KAIST · South Korea · unveiled in 2013

prototype

A humanoid from the KAIST team and its spin-off Rainbow, which can switch from walking to rolling on wheels in its knees. In June 2015 it won the DARPA Robotics Challenge finals and, with them, a prize of 2 million USD.

Applications

• research and education [1] [2]
• space and hazardous environments (according to the manufacturer) [1]

Sources

• IEEE Spectrum – How South Korea's DRC-HUBO Robot Won the DARPA Robotics Challenge
• KAIST News – KAIST's DRC-HUBO Wins the DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015
• KAIST – introduction of DRC-HUBO, 25/7/2013

In the History of robots

• 2015 – DRC-Hubo wins the DARPA challenge

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