HUBO
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HUBO is a walking humanoid robot
, head mounted on a life-size walking bipedal frame, developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST) and released on January 6, 2005. Hubo is short form for "humanoid robot."
Hubo has voice recognition and synthesis faculties, as well as sophisticated vision in which its two eyes move independently of one another.
was developed without a head or hands released in 2003, followed by a complete humanoid KHR-2 in 2004.
The KHR-3's physical specifications, such as height, weight, and the number of DOFs (degrees of freedom), were similar to Honda's ASIMO, which served as the benchmark for the project. In terms of AI and movements, HUBO fell short of the "next-gen ASIMO," which was unveiled three months later. While HUBO could only walk at 1.25 km/h, the ASIMO could walk at 2.5 km/h and also run at 3 km/h. The ASIMO was also capable of walking up and down stairs, which was a temporary shortcoming for HUBO needing further development. The unnerved KAIST researchers noted, however, that HUBO could play kai-bai-bo (the Korean version of rock-paper-scissors
), which was impossible for ASIMO since its fingers could not move independently of each other.
The humanoid prototype was officially dubbed "Albert Einstein Hubo".
trajectory. Its walking speed was improved to 1.4 km/h, and it also acquired the ability to run at 3.6 km/h (which is still much slower than the new ASIMO's 6 km/h by comparison).
Humanoid robot
A humanoid robot or an anthropomorphic robot is a robot with its overall appearance, based on that of the human body, allowing interaction with made-for-human tools or environments. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots...
, head mounted on a life-size walking bipedal frame, developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
KAIST
KAIST , is located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first research oriented science and engineering institution. The QS-The Times World University Rankings in the year of 2009 placed KAIST 69th overall and 21st in...
(KAIST) and released on January 6, 2005. Hubo is short form for "humanoid robot."
Hubo has voice recognition and synthesis faculties, as well as sophisticated vision in which its two eyes move independently of one another.
Prototypes
Korea's history in robotics engineering is relatively short. KAIST only began research in 2000, led by professor Oh Jun-ho. The first prototype, KHR-0, consisting of two legs without an upper body was built by 2001. KHR-1KHR-1
The KHR-1 is a programmable, bipedal humanoid robot introduced in June 2004 by a Japanese company Kondo Kagaku. At the time of its introduction it was one of the least expensive programmable bipedal robots . The robot is 34 cm high and has 17 degrees of freedom...
was developed without a head or hands released in 2003, followed by a complete humanoid KHR-2 in 2004.
KHR-3 HUBO
On January 25, 2005, Gizmag reported on KAIST's unveiling of the KHR-3 HUBO..The KHR-3's physical specifications, such as height, weight, and the number of DOFs (degrees of freedom), were similar to Honda's ASIMO, which served as the benchmark for the project. In terms of AI and movements, HUBO fell short of the "next-gen ASIMO," which was unveiled three months later. While HUBO could only walk at 1.25 km/h, the ASIMO could walk at 2.5 km/h and also run at 3 km/h. The ASIMO was also capable of walking up and down stairs, which was a temporary shortcoming for HUBO needing further development. The unnerved KAIST researchers noted, however, that HUBO could play kai-bai-bo (the Korean version of rock-paper-scissors
Rock-paper-scissors
Rock-paper-scissors is a hand game played by two people. The game is also known as roshambo, or another ordering of the three items ....
), which was impossible for ASIMO since its fingers could not move independently of each other.
Albert Hubo
In November of '05, KAIST, Korea and Dallas, Texas based Hanson Robotics, Inc (HRI) released the world's first android head mounted on a life-size walking bi-pedal frame at the APEC Summit in Seoul, Korea. The walking frame was based on the KHR-3 HUBO, while the head was an exact recreation of the late physicist, Albert Einstein. The android was able to speak and cover a wide range of natural facial expressions, built upon prior HRI development on the Philip K. Dick android, which made its official debut at the Wired Magazine NextFest 05' in Chicago, Illinois.The humanoid prototype was officially dubbed "Albert Einstein Hubo".
Jaemi HUBO / HUBO 2
Jaemi HUBO was developed from 2008 to 2009. The complete humanoid robot was given a slimmer design with an aluminum endoskeleton and a polycarbonate frame, resulting in a slightly taller height but a 20% lighter weight than its predecessors. Its movements were more realistic since the arms made quicker and more natural motions, and the legs could stretch to imitate human walking, which also consumes less energy than the traditional humanoid walking based on the Zero Moment PointZero Moment Point
Zero Moment Point is a concept related with dynamics and control of legged locomotion, e.g., for humanoid robots. It specifies the point with respect to which dynamic reaction force at the contact of the foot with the ground does not produce any moment in the horizontal direction, i.e. the point...
trajectory. Its walking speed was improved to 1.4 km/h, and it also acquired the ability to run at 3.6 km/h (which is still much slower than the new ASIMO's 6 km/h by comparison).
Specifications
| KHR-0 (2001) |
KHR-1 (2002) |
KHR-2 (2004) |
HUBO (KHR-3) (2005) |
Albert HUBO (2005) |
HUBO 2 (KHR-4) (2008) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 29 kg | 48 kg | 56 kg | 56 kg | 57 kg | 45 kg |
| Height | 110 cm | 120 cm | 120 cm | 125 cm | 137 cm | 125 cm |
| Walking speed | - | 1.0 km/h | 1.2 km/h | 1.25 km/h | 1.25 km/h | 1.5 km/h |
| Continuous operating time | - | - | - | 60 minutes | 60 minutes | 120 minutes |
| Degrees of Freedom Degrees of freedom (engineering) In mechanics, degrees of freedom are the set of independent displacements and/or rotations that specify completely the displaced or deformed position and orientation of the body or system... |
12 | 21 | 41 | 41 | 66 | 40 |
See also
- Android
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- Humanoid robotHumanoid robotA humanoid robot or an anthropomorphic robot is a robot with its overall appearance, based on that of the human body, allowing interaction with made-for-human tools or environments. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots...
- Uncanny valleyUncanny ValleyThe uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of robotics and 3D computer animation, which holds that when human replicas look and act almost, but not perfectly, like actual human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers...
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- ASIMOASIMOis a humanoid robot created by Honda. Introduced in 2000, ASIMO, which is an acronym for "Advanced Step in Innovative MObility", was created to be a helper to people. With aspirations of helping people who lack full mobility, ASIMO is used to encourage young people to study science and mathematics...
- TOPIOTOPIOTOPIO is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being. It has been developed since 2005 by TOSY, a robotics firm in Vietnam. It was publicly demonstrated at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition on November 28, 2007...
External links
- Empas News (Korean)
- The Chosun Ilbo
- The Korea Times
- Albert Einstein Hubo: by Hanson Robotics and KAIST
- Two movies with Hubo (Site in Japanese, stream requires Windows Media)