KAIST Humanoid Lab: humanoid robotics company

Overview

KAIST Humanoid Lab in Daejeon, South Korea, develops the HUBO humanoid robot series. DRC-HUBO+ won first place at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, beating 22 other robots and winning the $2M grand prize. Led by Professor Jun-Ho Oh, the lab has produced HUBO, DRC-HUBO, and subsequent humanoid platforms.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Models (1)

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Current platform

DRC-HUBO+

KAIST's humanoid robot that won first place at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, beating 22 other robots for the $2M grand prize. Features bipedal walking and wheeled locomotion modes.

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Current leadership (1)

Jun Ho Oh Professor, KAIST; Co-founder, Rainbow Roboticssecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for KAIST Humanoid Lab.

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Recent coverage

KAIST Humanoid Lab in third-party press

How South Korea's DRC-HUBO Robot Won the DARPA Robotics Challenge

Jun 9, 2015

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Common questions

What is KAIST Humanoid Lab?

KAIST Humanoid Lab in Daejeon, South Korea, develops the HUBO humanoid robot series. DRC-HUBO+ won first place at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, beating 22 other robots and winning the $2M grand prize. Led by Professor Jun-Ho Oh, the lab has produced HUBO, DRC-HUBO, and subsequent humanoid platforms.

What does KAIST Humanoid Lab make?

KAIST Humanoid Lab has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: DRC-HUBO+ (KAIST Humanoid Lab builds physical robots).

Who competes with KAIST Humanoid Lab?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to KAIST Humanoid Lab building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Boston Dynamics, UBTech Robotics.

Where is KAIST Humanoid Lab headquartered?

KAIST Humanoid Lab is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.

Where does KAIST Humanoid Lab operate robots?

KAIST Humanoid Lab is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is KAIST Humanoid Lab safe?

KAIST Humanoid Lab has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-08-09

Verification posture

Claimed (not independently verified)

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-09

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In the press

Recent coverage mentioning KAIST Humanoid Lab from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

IEEE Spectrum – RoboticsJun 9, 2015

How South Korea's DRC-HUBO Robot Won the DARPA Robotics Challenge

Team KAIST's DRC-HUBO won the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, beating 22 robots from five countries for the $2M grand prize.

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