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DRC-Hubo+
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DRC-Hubo+ is a versatile humanoid that won first place at the DARPA Robotics Challenge in 2015. The robot can use tools, open doors, and even drive a vehicle. But its best trick is transforming itself from a walking biped to a wheeled machine.
- Creator
- KAIST and Rainbow Robotics
- Country
- South Korea 🇰🇷
- Year
- 2015
- Type
- Humanoids, Research, Disaster Response
- Creator
- KAIST and Rainbow Robotics
- Country
- South Korea 🇰🇷
- Year
- 2015
- Type
- Humanoids, Research, Disaster Response
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Did You Know?
DRC-Hubo+ participated in the torch relay of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the first non-human to ever do so. |
By winning first place at the DARPA Robotics Challenge, Team KAIST took home a $2 million grand prize. |
The robot can stand on two legs to walk and reach higher objects, or kneel down to move around on wheels. |
The HUBO series of robots include KHR1, KHR2, Hubo1, Albert Hubo, Hubo2, DRC-Hubo-1, and DRC-Hubo+. |
Specs
- FEATURES
- Transforms between a walking biped (to climb stairs or walk over debris) or a wheeled machine (for flat surfaces). Able to grasp and manipulate objects like power tools and door knobs. Can be teleoperated for use in hazardous environments. Equipped with an air-cooling system.
- HEIGHT
- 170 cm | 5.8 in
- LENGTH
- N/A cm | N/A in
- WIDTH
- 59 cm | 23 in
- WEIGHT
- 80 kg | 176 lb
- SPEED
- 1.5 km/h | 0.9 mph
- SENSORS
- Rainbow Robotics force/torque sensors at the end of each limb. ADIS-16480 inertial measurement unit (IMU). KVH-1750 fiber-optic gyro. Two optical flow sensors on shins. Camera and Hokuyo 2D lidar.
- ACTUATORS
- Maxon EC-Powermax 30 and Maxon RE-Max 29
- POWER
- Two lithium-on batteries, 4 hours of operation
- COMPUTING
- Intel NUC PC for head sensing and for motion
- SOFTWARE
- Linux OS and PODO (a customized motion control framework developed at KAIST)
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)
- 32 (Head: 1 DoF; Arm and Hand: 8 DoF x 2; Leg and Wheel: 7 DoF x 2; Waist: 1 DoF)
- MATERIALS
- Aluminum
- COST
- $320,000
- STATUS
- Ongoing
- WEBSITE
- https://hubolab.kaist.ac.kr
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