The Robotics Institute

RI | Seminar | April 3, 2007

Robotics Institute Seminar, April 3, 2007
Time and Place | Seminar Abstract | Speaker Biography | Speaker Appointments

Humanoid Robot: A Machine that Walks

 

 

Jun-Ho Oh

Director, Humanoid Robot Research Center (HUBO Lab.)
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

 

Time and Place

 

Mauldin Auditorium (NSH 1305)
Talk 1:30 pm

 

Abstract

 

Humanoid robot is a machine which is built to look alike human and to move like a human. That means humanoid robot should satisfy two major aspects: anthropomorphism(looks alike a human) and functionality(moves like a human). The seminar will present what are the main challenges to achieve these goals and how can we attack the problems. Characteristics of different kinds of actuators such as electric, pneumatic and hydraulic will be reviewed. And control issues involved in biped walking will also be discussed.

 

Speaker Biography

 
 

Jun-Ho Oh was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954. He received the BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, in 1977, 1979 and 1985 respectively. He was a Researcher with Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, from 1979 to 1981. Since 1985, he has been with Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), where he is currently a professor. He was a Visiting Research Scientist in University of Texas Austin, from 1996 to 1997. Also, he is a director of Humanoid Robot Research Center in KAIST. He is taking charge of HUBO Project, and have developed many biped humanoid robots such as Albert HUBO, HUBO, HUBO FX-1, KHR-2, and KHR-1 since 2002. His research interests include humanoid robots, adaptive control, intelligent control, nonlinear control, biomechanics, sensors, actuators and application of micro processor. He is a member of the IEEE, KSME, KSPE and ICASE. 

 

Speaker Appointments

 
 

For appointments, please contact Janice Brochetti (janiceb@cs.cmu.edu)

The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.