This past Saturday the team from South Korea which designed, built and programmed their humanoid robot DRC-HUBO took home the $2 million dollar first-place prize as part of the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge. The focus of this year’s challenge was to create a robot which could complete a variety of tasks primarily related to disaster response. The designs are almost entirely humanoid, which makes sense when looking at the various challenges they need to complete. The technology which comes out of the competition has the potential to rapidly develop the field of robotics.
 First place went to
DARPA Team Kaist Humanoid Robot | Challenge Details - Drive a utility vehicle at the site.
- Travel dismounted across rubble.
- Remove debris blocking an entryway.
- Open a door and enter a building.
- Climb an industrial ladder and traverse an industrial walkway.
- Use a tool to break through a concrete panel.
- Locate and close a valve near a leaking pipe.
- Connect a fire hose to a standpipe and turn on a valve.
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The competition shows off the cutting-edge of autonomous humanoid robot development and entries were from top robotics universities, research labs, government organizations and companies. Take a look at the 2015 finals:
Here are the results for the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge:
 DARPA Tartan Rescue |  DARPA Team Aero |  DARPA AIST-NEDO |  DARPA DRC-Hubo |  DARPA Team Grit |
Score: 8
Time: 55:15 | Score: 0
Time: 00:00 | Score: 5
Time: 52:30 | Score: 6
Time: 57:41 | Score: 0
Time: 00:00 |
 DARPA Team Hector |  DARPA Team HKU |  DARPA HRP2-Tokyo |  DARPA Team IHMC |  DARPA Team I.P. |
Score: 1
Time: 02:44 | Score: 0
Time: 00:00 | Score: 3
Time: 30:06 | Score: 8
Time: 50:26 | Score: N/A
Time: N/A |
 DARPA Team KAIST |  DARPA Team MIT |  DARPA Team NEDOa |  DARPA Team NEDO-JSK |  DARPA Team NimbRo |
Score: 8
Time: 44:28 | Score: 7
Time: 50:25 | Score: N/A
Time: N/A | Score: 4
Time: 58:39 | Score: 7
Time: 34:00 |
 DARPA RoboSimian |  DARPA Team ROBOTIS |  DARPA Team SNU |  DARPA Team THOR |  DARPA TRAC Labs |
Score: 7
Time: 47:59 | Score: 3
Time: 30:23 | Score: 4
Time: 59:33 | Score: 3
Time: 27:47 | Score: 5
Time: 49:00 |
 DARPA Team TROOPER |  DARPA Team VALOR |  DARPA Team ViGIR |  DARPA Team WALK-MAN |  DARPA Team WPI-CMU |
Score: 2
Time: 42:32 | Score: 0
Time: 00:00 | Score: 3
Time: 48:49 | Score: 2
Time: 36:35 | Score: 7
Time: 56:06 |
Feeling inspired to build and/or program a humanoid robot but don’t have hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of dollars to spend? RobotShop offers a variety of different humanoid robots to get you started. Many are available as either unassembled kits which you put together or fully assembled,d tested and ready to run. We have also separated the robots into rough suggested levels: beginner (no understanding of robotics needed); intermediate (easy to follow assembly, graphical pr text-based programming); advanced (previous knowledge of robotics is highly suggested and may require higher-level programming). Clicking on the image will take you to the product page.
 Darwin Humanoid |  Kumotek KT-X PC |  Kumotek Gladiator Pro |  Manoi PF01 |  Bioloid Grand Prix |
Assembled / Kit
Advanced | Assembled
Advanced | Assembled
Advanced | Assembled / Kit
Advanced | Assembled
Advanced |
 Manoi AT01 |  Kumotek Gladiator |  Kondo KHR-3HV |  Hovis Eco Plus |  Bioloid Premium |
Assembled
Advanced | Assembled / Kit
Advanced | Kit
Intermediate | Kit
Intermediate | Kit
Intermediate |
 RoboPhilo |  UXA-90 |  Lynxmotion Scout |  Hovis Genie |  HOVIS Lite |
Assembled / Kit
Beginner | Assembled
Advanced | Kit
Advanced | Assembled / Kit
Intermediate | Kit
Intermediate |
 RoboPhilo Junior |  RQ-HUNO |  EZ-Robot |  Lynxmotion BRAT |  Lynxmotion Pete |
Assembled / Kit
Beginner | Assembled / Kit
Beginner | Kit
Beginner | Kit
Intermediate | Kit
Advanced |
Congratulations goes out to all teams and special thanks to DARPA for organizing such an amazing competition. More information about each team, as well as the rules and results of the competition can be found on the official DARPA Robotics Challenge website.
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