• Founder of Rainbow Robotics
    Oh Jun-ho

    South Korea’s First Bipedal Robot Creator ‘HUBO’s Father’ Tackles Samsung Electronics’ Humanoid Robot Development

    Last Updated on Feb 20, 2025

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Life Summary
Oh Jun-ho is the founder of Rainbow Robotics.

With Rainbow Robotics becoming a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, he also serves as the head and advisor of Samsung Electronics' Future Robot Development Team.

He was born on October 3, 1954, in Seoul.

He graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Yonsei University Graduate School. He obtained a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

While working as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), he developed Korea's first bipedal humanoid robot, HUBO, earning him the nickname "Father of HUBO."

In 2011, he founded Rainbow Robotics with researchers from the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering.

He oversees the development of advanced robotic technologies, including humanoid bipedal robot platforms, quadrupedal robots, and collaborative robots.

Leveraging his extensive experience in robotic technology and business know-how accumulated in academia and industry, he is dedicated to advancing Samsung Electronics' future robot development.

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