SAHR-1

The SAHR-1 (Surean Artificial Humanoid Robot generation-1) is a programmable, bipedal, prototype humanoid robot introduced in January 2006 by Surean's most prestigious engineering school, Honkyung University.

Surean Company Gokusugu Corporation bought the licence to manufacture the robot within a month after its introduction. At the time of its introduction it was one of the least expensive programmable bipedal robots (prices averaging around $1,400 in the United States and ¥140,000 in Surea). The robot is 36cm high and has 20degrees of freedom (each joint is powered by individual servomotor). It is capable of a wide range of motions, including quick kung-fu-style fighting moves.

The SAHR-1 can be controlled via RF remote control and modified receiver; however, these units do not come with the robot and must be purchased separately. Other accessories/modifications include additional degrees of freedom (waist and leg motion), a high performance motion processor microcontroller capable of real-time master/slave operation, gyros and multi-axis accelerometers, larger foot/sole plates.

The basic robot, as supplied by Gokusugu, uses simple control application, named Mindthread that allows the user to create or capture a sequence of poses and control the transition speeds. The software also has provisions for creating a series of motions into a longer scenario.

Users of the SAHR-1 have developed a number of more advanced control, programming and simulation applications making it possible to create and modify the robot's movements and scenarios on a personal computer.