Hubo 2
![A sleek silver robot with head like an astronauts helmet holds its arms out to the camera. Two fingers are outstretched on each hand, while the other three fingers are clenched.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/da6ab6bba80e55affd97d4c8014108c302e48c11-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Hubo 2 is a full-size humanoid that can walk, run, dance, and grasp objects. It uses a straight-leg walking gait that's an improvement over most bipedal robots, which keep their knees bent to balance.
- Creator
- Year
- 2009
- Country
- South Korea 🇰🇷
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Hubo 2 has 40 motors and can walk around for two hours straight without a break.
![Side view of a sleek silver humanoid with a helmeted head, and thick black wires on its back.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/a8eb9559fa2775947b4f3ef91aa3b73ed24ba494-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![Rear view of a sleek silver humanoid with a helmeted head, and thick black wires on its back.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/a17ff499e5ea88ddc6725d1a4074ef1e9d182812-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
History
Hubo is a humanoid robot series designed by Prof. Jun-Ho Oh at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Seoul, South Korea. Prof. Oh built the first Hubo in 2004. It was one of the first advanced full-body humanoid robots developed outside Japan. In 2010 he unveiled Hubo 2, a major upgrade on the original version. Prof. Oh is also known for building two other Hubo robots: Albert Hubo, which had a Hubo body and an Albert Einstein animatronic head developed by Hanson Robotics, and DRC-Hubo, a "transformer" robot that won the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
![Full front view of a sleek, silver humanoid with a helmeted head.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/ed3221a93d17762b6f27cfaffefc644c83d20d26-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
![The robot stands on a baseball field wearing a Phillies cap and parts of a uniform.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/7p2whiua/production/710999476909ac2b5f7ec3c4a8abbe716b465e07-2048x1536.jpg?w=900&auto=format)
Specs
- Overview
Modular, lightweight design. High performance actuation system optimized for dynamic tasks.
- Status
Inactive
- Year
2009
- Website
- Height
- 125 cm
- Weight
- 45 kg
- Speed
- 1.5 km/h (walking); 3.6 km/h (running)
- Sensors
Camera, three-axis force-torque sensor, two-axis inertial sensor, two-axis tilt sensor.
- Actuators
44 brushless DC motors (19 200-W 48-V motors, six 100-W 48-V motors, nine 11-W 48-V motors, and 10 0.75-W 12-V motors).
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 40 (Neck: 3 DoF; Arm: 7 DoF x 2; Hand: 5 DoF x 2; Torso: 1 DoF; Leg: 6 DoF x 2)
- Materials
Hard plastic exterior, aluminum skeleton.
- Compute
Two PC/104 embedded computers with solid state drives
- Software
Windows XP OS with RTX (Real-Time Extension) for Windows.
- Power
48-V lithium-polymer battery
- Cost
- $400,000