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KAIST and Rainbow Robotics is a robotics company founded 1971, based in South Korea, developing 1 robot primarily in the Humanoid category.
KAIST is a leading South Korean research university in science and technology.
KAIST is a South Korean research university whose robotics work includes the DRC-Hubo humanoid developed by its research team for the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Public coverage identifies Team KAIST in Daejeon as the creator of DRC-Hubo, which won the 2015 finals and was designed for disaster-response tasks rather than commercial deployment.
Active products
1
Robo Score
58
BBB
View factor breakdown
Price range
$320K
1 of 1 priced
Top-rated product
A
Robo Index
DRC-Hubo+
Company facts
- HQ
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Founded
- 1971 · 55 yrs
- Website
- www.kaist.ac.kr
Robo Score
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Awards & recognition
- DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals first place2015dvidshub.net ↗
Milestones
Team KAIST and its DRC-Hubo robot won first place at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals.
Press coverage
- Robots from South Korea, U.S. Win DARPA Finals
DVIDS · Jun 2025
- South Korean Team Wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
TIME · Jun 2015
- research
KAIST News Center
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