HUBO2 Context

Market context

Compact humanoid research platform from Rainbow Robotics for bipedal robotics education and research.

Target environment: Humanoid robotics labs, universities, research institutes and controlled indoor test environments.
Workflow context: Bipedal locomotion research, whole-body control, humanoid manipulation education and experimental robot behaviors.
Customer context: Robotics researchers, universities and institutions needing a commercial humanoid research platform.
Deployment model: Legacy commercial research platform sold as a humanoid robotics system, not a current industrial deployment robot.
Commercial maturity: Fielded research platform with official Rainbow Robotics specifications and historical research adoption.
Adoption constraints: Adoption is constrained by legacy platform age, support availability, research fit and the gap between lab demos and commercial task deployment.
Market position: Early commercial humanoid research platform, distinct from newer warehouse and factory humanoid systems.
Adjacent products: HUBO2 Plus, DRC-HUBO, ROBOTIS OP, Rainbow RB-Y1

Researchers

Bipedal locomotion research, whole-body control, humanoid manipulation education and experimental robot behaviors.

Humanoid robotics labs, universities, research institutes and controlled indoor test environments.

Battery System: Li-ion battery on the chest
Compute Model: Main computer and real-time controller on the chest
Height: 120
Weight: 43
Total degrees of freedom: 38
actuation and motion control: BLDC and DC motor actuators with harmonic reduction gearing
Sensors Summary: Ankle 6-axis force/torque with tilt sensor, pelvis inertial sensor, wrist 3-axis force/torque sensor and head camera
Compute: Main computer and real-time controller in the chest
Battery: Li-ion battery in the chest