I don’t know everything about this $1,450 ‘KHR-1′ kit from Korean firm Wow Robot, but just from watching the video I can put together that this little humanoid bot can kick (soccer-style), shuffle step, pick itself up off the floor, and assume any number of badass fighting poses. All 17 different joints are powered by a single motor, and there is even software to pre-script the movements on your computer and play them back again and again. Probably a little out of most casual robotics fans’ price range, but for those that really like contributing to our species’ ultimate destruction, you know, on the side, the Wow Robot is a lot of cybernetic doom for not a lot of cash. (Thanks, Soonkack!)
Links, including more pictures, inside.
Read – Product Page (Korean) [WowRobot]
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Update: Thanks to you R/C freaks who pointed out that each of the 17 joints of the KHR-1 are actually powered by individual servos, not a single motor.
Update update: Here are some pictures from RoboOlympics ’04, which include lots of these KHR-1 kits actually modified. Very slick. (Thanks, Callum!)
Look – Robolympics 2004 Photo Gallery [Beambot]
