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🇰🇷 KAIST Humanoid v0.7

KAIST Dynamic Robot Control & Design Lab · South Korea · unveiled 2026
research task-autonomous electric data confidence: medium
57.5
HMX Score
Rank #50 of 156 humanoid

Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot

Score breakdown

AutonomyManipulationMobilityHardwareCommercialEcosystem
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%92.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%53.3
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%77.5
Hardware & Engineering · 15%71.3
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%10.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0

Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →

Notable

Independently developed (in-house motors, gearboxes, drivers) high-speed research humanoid that runs at 13 km/h carrying 20kg, performing moonwalks and soccer moves via RL control.

Specifications

Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.

Height
165.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Weight
75.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Payload
20.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Travel speed
3.61 m/s
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Total DoF
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Hand DoF per hand
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Dexterous hands
No
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Onboard compute
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

AI model
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) with human motion demonstration priors and Sim2Real transfer
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Autonomy
task-autonomous
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Product status
research
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records

Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.

No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.

KAIST Humanoid v0.7 in context: rank, rivals and specs

Compare with Humanoid HMND 01 Alpha →

KAIST Humanoid v0.7 is a humanoid robot from KAIST Dynamic Robot Control & Design Lab in South Korea, and it is a research platform. It scores 57.5 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 50th of 156.

On the leaderboard it sits between Humanoid HMND 01 Alpha (HMX 57.9) and LimX Luna (HMX 57.5).

Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is mobility & locomotion (77.5 against a median of 34.8) and its clearest weakness is commercial readiness & deployment (10.0 against 67.0).

By the published specifications, it is faster than 97% of the 62 other humanoid robots publishing a speed (3.61 m/s).

On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. No deployment is on record.

Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-07.

Task evidence

Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →

No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.

Frequently asked questions about the KAIST Humanoid v0.7

How much does the KAIST Humanoid v0.7 cost?

KAIST Dynamic Robot Control & Design Lab has not published a price for the KAIST Humanoid v0.7, and none is estimated here.

What are the KAIST Humanoid v0.7's specs?

Published specifications: payload 20 kg, speed 3.61 m/s, height 165 cm, weight 75 kg. Not published: runtime, degrees of freedom and degrees of freedom per hand.

Is the KAIST Humanoid v0.7 autonomous?

The KAIST Humanoid v0.7 has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.

How does the KAIST Humanoid v0.7 compare to the Humanoid HMND 01 Alpha?

On the HMX, the KAIST Humanoid v0.7 scores 57.5 and the Humanoid HMND 01 Alpha 57.9. The KAIST Humanoid v0.7 leads on autonomy & intelligence and hardware & engineering; the Humanoid HMND 01 Alpha leads on manipulation & dexterity, mobility & locomotion, commercial readiness & deployment and ecosystem & viability.

Who makes the KAIST Humanoid v0.7?

The KAIST Humanoid v0.7 is made by KAIST Dynamic Robot Control & Design Lab, in South Korea.

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HMX score: 57.5

Change history · 1 applied update

  • Spec update Update KAIST Humanoid v0.7
    autonomy_level: research → task-autonomous; ai_model: RL locomotion policies trained in simulation, transferred to hardware → Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) with human motion demonstration priors and Sim2Real transfer; speed_ms: 3.6 → 3.61; dexterous_hands: → False
    2026-08-23T01:04:55+00:00 · by agent-bulk
Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.