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Korean Bipedal Robot Kit

Posted by michael on from the wow-robot dept.

The Black Dragon writes "This has got to be the coolest thing I've seen in a while. It's a bipedal (walks on two legs) robot that you can put together yourself and program with movements. The site is in Korean, but from what I've been able to get from translators and currency exchange, it'll cost about $1,400. (There's a movie embedded half way down.)" Gizmodo has a blurb.

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  1. Another Robot... by CommanderData · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ohhh Boy, embedded video on the web page. That site will be smoked QUICK!

    Here is a link that shows what appears at a glance to be a superior robot model from Japan doing all kinds of neat tricks. It has 22 Degrees of Freedom rather than the 17 DOF in the robot from Wow Robot. This page also has video, but they are all links at the bottom of the page.

    I agree that one of these would be great fun to play with!

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    1. Re:Another Robot... by (54)T-Dub · · Score: 2, Informative

      Unfortunately it's streamed, but here is a direct link to the movie.

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    2. Re:Another Robot... by timeOday · · Score: 4, Informative
      Here is a link that shows what appears at a glance to be a superior robot model from Japan doing all kinds of neat tricks.
      But you're talking $4500 instead of $1400.
  2. Static or dynamic? by kraksmokr · · Score: 5, Informative

    That is an interesting approach. Basically it looks like their robot is a framework for servos. There's almost nothing to it but servo mounts that are connected to each other.

    The video is impressive, but are we watching a simple playback of a preprogrammed sequence? In that case, no dynamic "balancing" is necessary.

    A robot with true balance would have to be MUCH more sophisticated.

  3. Price by bluelarva · · Score: 5, Informative

    As of this writing US $1 = 1,149.25 South Korean Won. That makes the robot US $1261.69.

  4. It's blind as a bat! sorry! by denis-The-menace · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've seen these from another company.
    You must program each individual joint one by one, trial and erre style.

    No feedback, no sensors, no remote control!
    just memory for the movements

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  5. Re: Can't tell by KevinKnSC · · Score: 3, Informative

    .kr domains are South Korea, while .kp is reserved for North Korea (don't think they actually use it yet, though).

  6. Direct video link by Big+Toe · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.wowrobot.co.kr/enter/dEnterWebData/KHR- 1/khr1_a.wmv

  7. You might also want to check out megarobotics by adpsk · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's anotherKorean bot kit. Fun stuff. I saw them demo the quad w/RF module. Takes some of the fun out of it, but then again you can concentrate on AI if that's your thing.

  8. English language site by Secrity · · Score: 4, Informative

    English langauge site that says the kit is "Coming Soon" is at http://www.kopropo.com/robot_kits.htm

  9. mirror of the video by haluness · · Score: 4, Informative

    given that the page will be smoking in a while, here's
    a mirror of the video

  10. Product page in English by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    The robot is actually manufactured by Kondo, from Japan:

    http://www.kopropo.com/robot_kits.htm

    Japanese page with more info:

    http://www.kopropo.co.jp/html/KONDO/Robot_produc ts _kit.html

    Wowrobot seems to be just a retailer specialized in robots...

  11. Some pictures of this thing by VonGuard · · Score: 2, Informative

    I met the guy who builds these at the Robolypmpics back in March. I've got some photos of this guy and his companions, along with some other bipedal robots at http://www.gism.net/photos/gallery/robot/robot.htm l

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