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Albert Hubo
Details
Albert Hubo is a humanoid robot that combines a mechanical body with a robotic replica of Albert Einstein's head. Its face can show happiness, sadness, anger, and surprise—and it always looks smart.
- Creator
- KAIST and Hanson Robotics
- Country
- South Korea 🇰🇷
- Year
- 2005
- Type
- Humanoids, Research
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Did You Know?
Albert Hubo shook hands with former U.S. President George W. Bush in 2005. |
The body of Albert Hubo was dismantled and harvested for parts; the Einstein head survived, and now sits on a shelf at the Hubo Lab. |
Specs
- FEATURES
- Lifelike appearance and facial expressions, dynamic humanlike walking.
- HEIGHT
- 125 cm | 49.2 in
- LENGTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WIDTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WEIGHT
- 57 kg | 125.7 lb
- SPEED
- 1.37 km/h | 0.9 mph
- SENSORS
- Two cameras, gyroscope, accelerometer, three-axis foot sensor.
- ACTUATORS
- 42 brushed DC motors (body) and 28 servomotors (head).
- POWER
- Lithium-polymer battery, 2 hours of operation
- COMPUTING
- CPU with wireless network.
- SOFTWARE
- Windows XP and RTX Real-Time Extension
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)
- 66 (Neck: 3 DoF; Arm: 6 DoF x 2; Leg: 6 DoF x 2; Torso: 1 DoF; Hand: 5 DoF x 2; Face: 28 DoF)
- MATERIALS
- Frubber artificial skin for the face. Exterior is plastic and frame is aluminum.
- COST
- N/A
- STATUS
- Discontinued
- WEBSITE
- http://hubolab.kaist.ac.kr
History
The body of Albert Hubo is based on the third version of the KAIST Humanoid Robot (KHR-3), introduced in 2004, which also originated the Hubo humanoid series. The projects were led by Professor Jun-Ho Oh, a researcher at KAIST and director of the Hubo Lab. The head of Albert Hubo was made by Hanson Robotics, a company specializing in ultra-realistic androids (most famous for its Philip K. Dick android).