HUBO 家族 vs 本田的 E/P/ASIMO 项目： 2000 年代定义东亚人形机器人研究的两大分支——本田的企业项目与 KAIST 更精简的大学项目。
HUBO 家族 vs 日本的人形机器人项目（HRP）： 两者都是各自国家重要的国家级人形机器人研究计划。
HUBO 家族 vs 当今商业人形机器人： HUBO 家族是研究系列；其商业遗产通过 Rainbow Robotics 的当前产品得以延续。
来源：KAIST HUBO Lab
常见问题
HUBO robots are not sold to the public. A few HUBO2+ units were transferred to partner labs, but no list price was disclosed. Material cost estimates for a DRC‑class robot are around $22,000, excluding labour and overhead.
They are full‑size humanoid research platforms capable of bipedal walking, stair climbing, object manipulation, and semi‑autonomous navigation. DRC‑HUBO transforms to wheeled locomotion for rough terrain and can operate tools, turn valves, and lift 15 kg per arm.
No. The entire HUBO family is a research project. Units are built in‑house and occasionally supplied to partner universities under collaboration agreements. There is no retail channel, and no used market exists.
Atlas uses hydraulic actuation for extreme agility (backflips, parkour) but is not available for purchase. HUBO uses electric actuators and won the DARPA Robotics Challenge using a wheel‑leg hybrid strategy, showing superior disaster‑response performance in that specific context.
Representative specs based on DRC‑HUBO: height 160 cm, weight 80 kg, 34 degrees of freedom, 1‑hour battery life, max speed 12 km/h in wheeled mode, and 15 kg payload per arm.
The Hubo Lab (KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in Daejeon, South Korea, under Professor Jun‑Ho Oh. The first robot was completed in 2002.
DRC‑HUBO operates for about 1 hour on a lithium‑ion pack. No swappable battery system was reported; charging details are not publicly documented.
It is used exclusively in academic research and disaster‑response prototyping. There are no commercial or industrial deployments.
