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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 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. $1400 robot with instructions in Korean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know what I'm doing this weekend!

    1. Re:$1400 robot with instructions in Korean... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "I know what I'm doing this weekend!"

      We know what you won't be doing.

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  3. But... by cuzality · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...she's a replicant, isn't she?

  4. Lego my eggo by dotslashconfig · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This robot reminds me a lot of the build-it-yourself Lego machines thay have been produced for a number of years now. The kits provide you with the base legos, along with motors, gears, and a nifty computer interface device that lets you write programs for a robot to execute.

    The legos were a lot of fun, but the batteries for the remote/receiver never lasted that long.

    This could be a nice next-generation version of the lego system, or it could turn into (brace yourself) this.

  5. Does it come with GPP? by Andy+Mitchell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any idea if this is equiped with Genuine People Personality? :-)

  6. 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.

  7. Get Something Cheaper by MBCook · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Neat, but where do the electroncis go on it? It doesn't look like it's got the room?

    That said, you can get a cheaper one. They are not as good, but... they're cheaper. Lynxmotion's Biped, or the less fancy Parallax Todler.

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  8. 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.

  9. 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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  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. Re:Most awesome robot EVER... by DeepDarkSky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When you consider things like Segway costing thousands, and video cards costing $400-$500 and high-end MP3 players at $500+, $1400 is not all that much more. Think of it a different way...5 years ago, you'd pay $2500 for a PII...

  13. 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

  14. Photos of these guys at the recent Robolympics by openSoar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These little guys were the star of the recent Robolympics in San Francisco (apart from my combat robot that it :) ) - absolutely amazing - some great pictures here.

  15. 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...