Biped Robot Research in the World

Here is the list of research sites which have intensive biped research project (If you are studying biped robot and your group was not in the following list, I would greatly appreciate you sending me an e-mail about your homepage to s.kajita@aist.go.jp!).

	... Contains movies of robot
	... My recommendation

Research in Japan

• Aoyama Gakuin Engineering Systems Laboratory
• Chiba Institute of Technology fuRo: Future Robotics Technology Center(in Japanese)
• Chiba Institute of Techonlogy Professor Kan Yonega
• Osaka University Furusho Laboratory
• Keio University Ohnishi & Murakami Laboratory
• Keio University Yamazaki Laboratory
• Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project
  
  • Open PINO Platform
    GPL humanoid robot project (in Japanese)
  • Morph 3
• Kogakuin University Automatic Control lab.
• Kobe University Kitamura Laboratory
• Kyoto Institute of Technology Kimura Lab.
  Construction of the Control Model of Human Walking Using a Biped Robot
  
• National Institute of Advanced Inductrial Science and Technology (AIST)
  Humanoid Robotics Group
• Shizuoka University Nogai Laboratory
• Shinsyu University A birdlike walking robot
• Sony (Press release Mar.18,2002) QRIO (SDR-4X)
• Tohoku Bunka Gakuen Univsersity Emura Laboratory
  Emura Mechatronics Laboratory
• The University of Tokyo Hori Laboratory
• The University of Tokyo Inaba Laboratory (JSK)
  about H5 -> Humanoid channel (in Japanese)
• Tokyo Institute of Technology Mita Laboratory Running Robot Homepage
• Nagaoka University of Technology Ohishi Laboratory
• Nagoya University Fukuda Laboratory
• HONDA Motor co.,ltd. Humanoid Robot Top Page and P3 & ASIMO
• Yokohama National University Kawamura Laboratory
• Waseda University Humanoid Project
  =>The first humanoid robot in the world was developed by them. History of Humanoid Robot in Waseda University .
• Z-Lab: Zhidao's cyber-laboratory(in Japanese)
  

• Robotics research in Japan
  

And Research in the World!

• Australia
  • Project Thecodont - The Biped Walker
• Austria
  • Alexander Vogler's BiPed Robot Homepage
• Belgium
  • Lucy of the University of Brussels
    A biped robot equipped with pneumatic actuators. The name "Lucy" comes from the famous female ape-man discovered in Ethiopia.
• Canada
  • McGill University: the Ambulatory Robotics Lab
• Columbia
  • Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana: BARTOLO "The Walking Machine" ('04 Apr.1)Old URL http://pregrado.upb.edu.co/~edival
• France
  • The INRIA project BIP
  • The Laboratory for Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics of Montpellier (L.I.R.M.M.), Legged-robotic research group
  • ROBEA : Robotics and Artificial Entities "Control of a biped on walking and running gaits "
    
• Germany
  • Techinical University of Berlin Control Systems Group
  • Universität Hannover BARt-UH (Bipedal Autonomous Robot - Universität Hannover)
  • Technical University of Munich Institute for Applied Mechanics
    "Johnnie" is one of the most advanced humanoid robots which realized excellent dynamic biped locomotion.
  • FUBerlin (Free Berlin University), Intelligent Bipedal Robot
  • University of Freiburg NimbRo - Learning Humanoid Robots
• Korea
  • KHR-1 (KAIST Humanoid Robot platform - 1) by Laboratory for Machine Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
  • Humanoid Robot: HanSaRam
    Small humanoid robot by KAIST Robot Intelligence Technology Lab.
• Mexico
  • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Depto.Ingenieria en Computacion/Div. Ingenieria Electrica, LINDA Group
    ('04 Apr.1)Old URL http://ganso5.fi-b.unam.mx
• Netherlands
  • Delft Biped Laboratory
• Singapore
  • National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Legged Locomotion Group
• Spain
  • Grupo de Robotica Walker-II (in Spanish)
• The United Kingdom
  • The Shadow Robot Group Homepage
  • University of Wales Cardiff, Cardiff School of Engineering
    ('04 Apr.1)Old URL=>http://www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/engin/Systems/systres/robot.html
• The United States
  • Caltech Robotics group
  • Cornell University Human Power, Biomechanics, and Robotics Laboratory
  • Georgia Institute of Technology Animation Lab.
    Dynamically realistic computer animations.
  • The Harvard Robotics Laboratory
  • Iowa State University,The Iowa Center for Emerging Manufacturing Technology (ICEMT), Biped Balancing and Walking Control
  • University of Michigan, Professor Kuo's Passive walking research
  • MIT Leg Laboratory
  • The University of New Hampshire Robot Lab
  • Southern Methodist University the Systems Laboratory
  • UC Berkeley, Poly-Pedal Laboratory Robotics
    
  • UCLA Commotion Lab
    ('04 Apr.1)http://muster.cs.ucla.edu/ourrobots.html
  • WSU Robotics Team: Biped Project
    ('04 Apr.1)http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~wsurobot/projects/biped/
  • Project Bijimeny
    ('04 Apr.1)Old URL http://mech14.ge.uiuc.edu/spring01/users/TeamA/

Database etc.

• Android World Worldwide android database. They also have their own android project!
• The Legged Robot Builder
• Legged Robots of the World
  Catalogue from monopod to octapod by Kimura Lab. at Univ. of Electro-Communications
• The Walking Machine Catalogue
• Of course, Robotics Internet Resources Page is one of the most useful homepage to search the world wide robotics research activities!
• Technic Puppy Journal
  Lego Biped robots

=> back to Homepage.

Nov. 5, 2002  added Alexander Vogler's BiPed Robot Homepage (Austria)
Nov.22, 2002  added updated Humanoid channel (Japan)
Dec. 4, 2002  added ROBEA : Robotics and Artificial Entities  (France) 
Dec.16, 2002  added Laboratory for Machine Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
              Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)
Apr.23, 2003  added Legged Robots of the World (Kimura Lab. Univ. of Electro-Communications) and 
Z-Lab: Zhidao's cyber-laboratory
Apr.30, 2003  added Lucy of the University of Brussels
Sep.08, 2003  added Humanoid Robot: HanSaRam  built by KAIST Robot Intelligence Technology Lab. 
Oct.16, 2003  added KHR-1 (KAIST Humanoid Robot platform - 1)  which contains movies.
              updated Running Robot Homepage   
Feb.19, 2004  added Chiba Institute of Technology Future Robotics Technology Center
Apr. 1, 2004  updated many links.
Oct.20, 2004  added Intelligent Bipedal Robot of FUBerlin (Free Berlin University).
Oct.24, 2004  added NimbRo - Learning Humanoid Robots of University of Freiburg.
Aug.07, 2006  updated FUBerlin (Free Berlin University)'s Intelligent Bipedal Robot
Oct.09, 2006  added National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Legged Locomotion Group
April 07,2008 added Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kimura lab.. Modified many links.