Zhejiang University · research humanoid
Wu and Kong
Two identical 1.6 m, 55 kg biped humanoids with 30 powered joints (seven per arm), named after the Monkey King Sun Wukong. Cameras in their eyes took 120 images a second to predict the ball's landing point within about 2.5 cm, letting them rally for more than 100 strokes.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 160 cmTaller than 40%
- Weight
- 55 kgHeavier than 38%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Twin biped humanoids built to play table-tennis rallies with each other and with people, an early showcase of fast vision-guided whole-body control.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Zhejiang UniversityCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Wu and Kong is taller than 40% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Wu and Kong is heavier than 38% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Wu and Kong has more joints than 45% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 30 joints
From the maker
Wu and Kong is the only humanoid from Zhejiang University (Xiong Rong's team) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Wu and KongZhejiang University (Xiong Rong's team) |  HRP-4CAISTSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |  BrunoTU Darmstadt (Darmstadt Dribblers) and Hajime Research InstituteSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2011-10 | 2009-03-16 | 2010 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | 160 cm | 158 cm | — |
| Weight | 55 kg | 43 kg | — |
| Joints | 30 | 42 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — |
Sources
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