Rainbow Robotics · Service · 2017
FX-2, from KAIST's HUBO Lab and Rainbow Robotics, is a large-scale rideable bipedal humanoid — a 'human-riding' robot that walks with a person seated aboard, the successor to the FX-1 model developed in 2013. The pilot controls two manipulator arms (with controllable fingers) through control levers and a simple interface, letting the giant robot mimic the operator's hand movements. Built to carry the torch (literally) for Korea's robotics showcase, FX-2 was selected as a relay runner for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics torch. It demonstrates dynamic bipedal walking under the substantial load of a human occupant, extending the HUBO program's locomotion expertise to large, piloted platforms. NOTE: Rainbow/KAIST publish limited formal spec tables for FX-2 (exact height/weight/DOF/payload not prominently released) — those are flagged for outreach rather than invented; the rideable/piloted architecture, arm-mimicry control, FX-1 lineage and Olympic torch relay are confirmed.
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| Sub-type | Rideable Giant Humanoid (Piloted) |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2017 |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Announced | 2017 |
| Released | 2017 |
| Weight | 60 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 30 |
| Camera | RGB-D |
| Operating system | Rainbow Robotics |
| Actuator type | High-power electric actuators (human-riding bipedal locomotion) |
| Use cases | Human-riding bipedal locomotion research, Large-humanoid demonstration, Teleoperated manipulation |
| Made in | South Korea |