KAIST's HUBO shows off some newfound dexterity, hides emotions b...

Courtesy Engadget  Sun, 11/15/2009 - 00:29

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...

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