- HUBO
Infobox Korean name
hangul=휴보
rr=Hyubo
mr=HyuboHUBO (휴보 KHR-3) is a walking
humanoid robot , head mounted on a life-size walkingbipedal frame, developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and released onJanuary 6 ,2005 . Hubo is short form for ""hu"manoid ro"bo"t."Hubo has voice recognition and synthesis faculties, as well as sophisticated vision in which its two eyes move independently of one another.
Development history
Korea's history in robotics engineering is relatively short. KAIST only began research in
2000 , led by professorOh Jun-ho . The first prototypeKHR-1 was developed without a head or arms released in 2003, followed by KHR-2 in 2004.Latest breakthroughs
In November 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 the latest in Hubo technology, 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 ".Prototypes
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KHR-1 in2003
*KHR-2 in2004 Features and technology
Specifications
See also
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Android
*Android science
*Gynoid
*Humanoid robot
*Uncanny valley
*REEM-B
*ASIMO External links
* [http://news.empas.com/show.tsp/cp_ch/20041222n00697/ Empas News (Korean)]
* [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200412/200412220012.html The Chosun Ilbo]
* [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200411/kt2004112316265112350.htm The Korea Times]
* [http://www.hansonrobotics.com/ Albert Einstein Hubo: by Hanson Robotics and KAIST]
* [http://pcweb.mycom.co.jp/cgi-bin/print?id=26124 Two movies with Hubo] (Site in Japanese, stream requires "Windows Media")
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