a polycarbonate frame, resulting in a slightly taller height but a 20% lighter weight than its predecessors. Its movements were more realistic since the arms made quicker and more natural motions, and the legs could stretch to imitate human walking, which also consumes less energy than the traditional humanoid walking based on the Zero Moment Point trajectory. Its walking speed was improved to 1.5 km/h, and it also acquired the ability to run at 3.0 km/h (which is still much slower than the new ASIMO's 9 km/h by comparison). Specifications DARPA Robotics Challenge A HUBO entered by TEAM KAIST was the winner of the DARPA Robotics Challenge finals on June 6, 2015. The machine, called DRC-Hubo, is an adaptable multifunctional device with the ability to transform from a walking robot to rolling on four wheels by bending and using wheels incorporated into its knees. One of the tasks was to climb stairs, which the DRC-Hubo was able to do by transforming into its walking posture. See also Android Gynoid Humanoid robot Musio Uncanny valley REEM-B ASIMO TOPIO Atlas References External links Empas News (Korean) The Chosun Ilbo The Korea Times Albert Einstein Hubo: by Hanson Robotics and KAIST Two movies with Hubo (Site in Japanese, stream requires Windows Media) Robots of South Korea Bipedal humanoid robots 2005 robots