Kibo

Name: Kibo
Rating: 3.6 (425 reviews)

A cartoonish bipedal robot with the appearance of a female astronaut, in a white and black shell. — Kibo uses its camera eyes to recognize people and objects. Photo: KIST

Kibo is a humanoid robot with an expressive, cartoonish face. It navigates on its own, understands spoken commands, and likes to give hugs with every one of its 43 degrees of freedom.

Creator

Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST)

Year

2011

Country

South Korea 🇰🇷

Categories

Features

Kibo unveiled at Robot World 2011 in South Korea. Video: PlasticPals

Did you know?

To navigate, Kibo uses a special camera that looks for identifiable patterns on the ceiling above it.

Side view of Kibo shows it's backpack, legs, arms, and face behind a clear cover. — Kibo's legs and arms have six axes of motion each. Photo: KIST

Rear view of the robot shows its power backpack. — The robot can operate for 30 minutes. Photo: KIST

Specs

Overview: Capable of showing a variety of facial expressions and lip-syncing tunes. Able to recognize faces and objects.
Status: Ongoing
Year: 2011
Website: robocare.co.kr/pages/product05_en.php
Width: 48 cm
Height: 120 cm
Length: 300 cm
Weight: 42 kg
Speed: 0.54 km/h
Sensors: Stereo cameras, ultrasonic sensors, six-axis force-torque sensors in the feet, three-axis inertial sensor, Microsoft Kinect, microphones.
Actuators: Faulhaber DC motors, harmonic drive, and belt pulley.
Degrees of Freedom (DoF): 44 (Head and Face: 17 DoF; Arms: 6 DoF x 2; Hands: 1 DoF x 2; Waist: 1 DoF; Legs: 6 DoF x 2)
Compute: Intel Core2 embedded PC
Software: Linux OS with RTAI
Power: Battery, 30 minutes of operation
Cost: $270,000 (only for hardware; $9 million for R&D)