Sometimes when we see the seemingly slow advance of Honda’s ASIMO , the inherent limitations of WowWee toys , or the purposefully limited one-off research projects of universities, we start to give up hope of being super best pals with a humanoid robot this century; hope of partaking in whimsical 80s movie hijinks, hand-in-metal-hand. This little video of the Korean Institute of Advanced Science and Technology’s recent advances on its HUBO project therefore serves as a bit of a “hope refresher,” allowing us to once again re-imagine those aforementioned scenes of whimsy with a metallic bot that can handle a sword and walk at an almost-useful pace, while inexplicably wearing a smallish, visored helmet
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KAIST’s HUBO shows off some newfound dexterity, hides emotions behind ill-fitting motorcycle helmet