South Korea's DRC-HUBO Robot Won the DARPA Robotics Challenge
KAIST, DARPA, DRC, DRC-HUBO, IEEE Spectrum, Xenomai real-time operating system
Team KAIST from South Korea emerged as the winner of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) in Pomona, Calif., after its robot, an adaptable humanoid called DRC-HUBO, beat out 22 other robots from five different countries, winning the US $2 million grand prize. The robot’s “transformer” ability to switch back and forth from a walking biped to a wheeled machine proved key to its victory. Many…
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