KAISTPrototypeSouth KoreaSouth Korea

KAIST DRC-HUBO+

Transformable walk/wheel humanoid that won the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge. Released 2015.

Official page on kaist.ac.kr
34
Robo2u Score
175 cm
Height
10 kg
Payload
32
Degrees of freedom

Robo2u Score (0 to 100) = 35% maturity + 30% capability (DoF and payload, percentile vs the field) + 15% recency + 10% runtime + 10% availability. A spec the maker doesn't publish scores below the median. Computed from the columns shown. Scored against other humanoid robots.

Specifications

MakerKAIST
Form factorHumanoid
CategoryResearch
OriginSouth KoreaSouth Korea
StatusPrototype
Released2015
Height175 cm
Weight80 kg
Payload10 kg
Degrees of freedom32
Top speed0.4 m/s (1.4 km/h)

Not yet published by the maker or not yet verified: runtime, price.

Sources

  1. kaist.ac.kr/newsen/html/news/?mode=V&mng_no=4379

Added to the database 2026-07-01. Dataset updated 2026-09-24. Also available as JSON at /api/robots.

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