Research labs
Humanoid Robot Research Center (HuboLab) et Dynamic Robot Control and Design Lab (DRCD)
South Korea
Rainbow Robotics, a 2011 KAIST spin-off commercializing HUBO-derived technology, has drawn significant investment from Samsung, illustrating a strong capital link between this academic lab and industry.
AffiliationKAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Department of Mechanical Engineering
CountryKR
TypeAcademic
Research areasdynamic bipedal locomotion, learning-based control, legged robot mechanical design, HUBO lineage
Flagship contributionSuccessor to HUBO and DRC-Hubo, winner of the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, the lab's new humanoid demonstrated running, moonwalking and soccer kicks on real terrain at around 12 km/h in trials reported in September 2025.
Key peopleHae-Won Park (Directeur du Humanoid Robot Research Center depuis février 2020, dirige aussi le DRCD Lab), Jemin Hwangbo (Professeur KAIST, collabore sur le haut du corps du nouvel humanoïde), Jun-Ho Oh (Professeur émérite, créateur du HUBO original en 2004, aujourd'hui CTO de Rainbow Robotics)
Open outputsAucune publication ouverte de dataset ou de code comparable identifiée ; publications académiques via IROS/ICRA uniquement.
CityDaejeon
Sources : KAIST (CV Hae-Won Park) (2026-07)TechXplore (2025-09)Interesting Engineering (2025-09)
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