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[edit] Introduction

We believe HyKim is one of the world’s most advanced commercially available legged robots, being capable of both Bipedal and Quadrupedal motion.

The design of HyKim, the 21DOF Robot Bear, was originally completed to meet the RoboCup Federation Call for Tenders: A Standard Robot Platform for Robot Soccer issued in November 2006. The design was a collaborative project between Tribotix and NUBots (The University of Newcastle, Australia) - a very successful RoboCup 4 Legged League team. More information can be found on the history of this project at Tribotix’s web site. The modular design of HyKim reflects the structure of HyKim's User Manual in that the user manual is based around the User Manuals of the modules that make up HyKim.

HyKim is a modular design, i.e. all of the major modules within HyKim where either specifically designed or off-the-shelf modules. The modules that were specifically designed for HyKim were designed in such a way that they could be standalone products and incorporated into other robotic designs. The main modules that constitute HyKim are shown in the image below.

Overview of the Modules used in KyKim (v0 & v1)

We welcome any comments or questions about HyKim. If you have any comments or questions please see the Contact Us section of our web site for contact details. HyKim is a high quality research platform and we hope that the information provided on this wiki accelerates any research projects using HyKim as their basis.