A humanoid robot developed by researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has become the world's best disaster response robot.
Hubo, made by Team KAIST, captured the victory at the final of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge held in Pomona, California, on June 5 and 6.
A total of 24 teams from six nations, including Korea, the U.S. and Japan, took part in the competition hosted by DARPA, part of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The finals challenged participating robotics teams and their robots to complete a difficult course of eight tasks relevant to disaster response: to drive a utility vehicle, exit the vehicle, open a door, drill a hole in a wall, complete a surprise task, walk over a pile of rubble or clear a path through debris, and walk up a short flight of stairs. A team that completes the most tasks within an hour and faster than other times would win the challenge.
Hubo was ranked sixth on the first day, June 5, and received seven points because it spent too much time on the drilling task. However, on the second day, it completed all of its tasks within 44 minutes and 28 seconds and obtained eight points. With the victory, Team KAIST received USD 2 million (KRW 2.2 billion) as prize money. The runner-up was the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, Florida.
By Limb Jae-un
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos courtesy of the KAIST
jun2@korea.kr
Hubo, made by Team KAIST, captured the victory at the final of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge held in Pomona, California, on June 5 and 6.
Hubo, a humanoid robot created by Team KAIST, wins the final competition at the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
A total of 24 teams from six nations, including Korea, the U.S. and Japan, took part in the competition hosted by DARPA, part of the U.S. Department of Defense.
The finals challenged participating robotics teams and their robots to complete a difficult course of eight tasks relevant to disaster response: to drive a utility vehicle, exit the vehicle, open a door, drill a hole in a wall, complete a surprise task, walk over a pile of rubble or clear a path through debris, and walk up a short flight of stairs. A team that completes the most tasks within an hour and faster than other times would win the challenge.
Hubo was ranked sixth on the first day, June 5, and received seven points because it spent too much time on the drilling task. However, on the second day, it completed all of its tasks within 44 minutes and 28 seconds and obtained eight points. With the victory, Team KAIST received USD 2 million (KRW 2.2 billion) as prize money. The runner-up was the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, Florida.
Team KAIST celebrates its victory at the finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
By Limb Jae-un
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos courtesy of the KAIST
jun2@korea.kr
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