Human-shaped robots, reminiscent of Star Wars’ C-3PO, may have been the celebrities at this week’s Philly Robotics Expo at Drexel University. The Korean-made Hubo, a 4-foot-3-inch bot that can dance and play musical instruments, made a cameo. So did the Darwin-OP, Hubo’s smaller cousin, which showed off the soccer skills crucial to competing in international RoboCup tournaments.
But the real stars were the kids behind robots that were comparatively shapeless and lower-tech — students from places such as Philadelphia’s Central, Girls, and George Washington High Schools, Hatboro-Horsham, and Pottstown, who came to Drexel on Monday to show what their homemade robots could do.
