2015/11/5 First internationally published a new hydraulic humanoid robot "TaeMu" in IEEE-RAS Humanoids2015.

We presented details on the hardware including the actuation, mechanical design, control and sensing systems. The robot has 15 active joints which are all driven by hydraulic servo cylinders with an external hydraulic power supply. The robot is installed with a three-axis active torso, which are utilized for static and dynamic balancing. The height is 141 cm, and the weight is 72.3 kg including a dummy weight stands for the arms. The lightweight design with carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic allowed the legs have the similar mass distribution to human legs. We presented experimental results including basic torque control, balancing against external push, and balanced squat motions.

2015/12/2-5 We did "live" demos on our four hydraulic robot prototypes at 2015 International Robot Exhibition at Tokyo Big Site.
2013/11/6-9 We did "live" demos on our three hydraulic robot prototypes at 2013 International Robot Exhibition at Tokyo Big Site.
2013/8/17 Call For Abstracts and Participation
IEEE/RSJ IROS 2013 full-day Workshop on Hydraulic Actuation for Fast, Powerful, Efficient, Compact, and Compliant Robots
(2nd edition of the workshop series on high-performance hydraulic robots)
Thursday, 7th of November, 2013, Tokyo, Japan
Organizers: Sang-Ho Hyon, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Claudio Semini
URL: http://www.humanoidsystems.org/conference/iros2013ws/
We invite researchers that are working on the design and/or control of high-performance hydraulic robots, components and robotic devices to submit a 1-page abstract, matching the workshop's theme and topics that can be found on the above-mentioned Workshop website. Authors of accepted abstracts will be given the opportunity to present their work during the poster session, preceded by a 3-minute poster teaser presentation.
2013/5/13 Prof. Hyon was invited to visit Department of Automatics, Biocybernetics and Robotics in Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia to give a talk on torque-controlled hydraulic humanoid robots and new hybrid-drive exoskeleton robots.
2013/5/10 Prof. Hyon was invited to give a talk at IEEE ICRA2013 Workshop on "Whole-body Compliant Dynamical Contacts for Humanoid Robotics", Karlsruhe, Germany.
2013/5/10 Prof. Hyon was invited to give a talk at IEEE ICRA2013 Workshop on "Design and Control of High-Performance Hydraulic Robots: Recent Advances and Perspectives", Karlsruhe, Germany. The title of the talk: "From legged robots to hydraulic servo press: the design, control, and education".
2012/7 Invented a novel hydraulic hybrid servo drive method for high-precision servo application including press/forming machinery, construction machinery and robots (I.P. applied).
2010/9/3 Published a new exoskeleton robot for Brain-Machine Interface in Neuro2010, Kobe, Japan (Project in ATR-CNS supported by the Strategic Research Program for Brain Sciences (SRPBS), MEXT).
2010/5/3 Co-organized IEEE ICRA2010 Workshop on "Active force control for humanoid robots". We invited top runners from Boston Dynamics, Honda, Disney Research, ATR, DLR, USC, and Stanford U. to discuss together on state-of-the-art force control technologies applied to humanoid/legged robots.
2010/4/7 Launched the new lab.