HUBO

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HUBO
Hangul:	휴보
Hanja:	none
Revised Romanization:	Hyubo
McCune-Reischauer:	Hyubo

HUBO (휴보 KHR-3) is a bi-pedal humanoid robot developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and released on January 6, 2005 following a year of work. 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. In comparison with Honda's ASIMO, Hubo cannot walk up or down stairs, nor run, nor do sophisticated maneuvers, although its separate fingers allow it to do rock paper scissor -something that ASIMO cannot do.

1 Development History
2 Latest Breakthroughs
- 2.1 Prototypes
3 Features and technology
- 3.1 Specifications
4 External links

[edit] Development History

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-1 was developed without a head or arms released in 2003, followed by KHR-2 in 2004.

[edit] 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".