KHR-3HV, a New KONDO Robot, will be put on the market ( June 13, 2009)

KONDO KAGAKU CO. LTD. announced KHR-3HV, a new model will be put on the market in August 2009． The presentation was carried out at the 5th KHR Anniversary in ASAKUSA ROX3 (Tokyo) on June 13th 2009.

KONDO is the leading company of hobby robot and the new robot is the third product of KONDO. The first hobby robot, KHR-1 was developed by KONDO and put on the market in June 2004. The second one, KHR-2HV was put on the market in June 2006. RCB-3HV, the control board developed for KHR-2HV, has been popular among robot builder in Japan.

The shipment scheduled in August 2009 from KONDO or other robot shops. Some parts of KHR-3HV including the control board, RCB-4HV will be also put on the market same schedule.



The characteristics of a new model are as follows:

1) Using a high torque servo, KRS-2552HV (14 kg/cm) which was newly developed for KHR-3HV using serial control system. The torque is 1.4 fold of `KRS-788HV used in KHR-2HV makes the robot jump as you see in the presentation video.

2) The axis, number of using servo motor including head, is 17 ( head 1, arm 6, foot 10 ). User of the KHR-3HV could power up the robot easily by exchanging the empty servo case attached the body to the real servo, KRS-2552HV. User could add 5 servos for 2 leg rolling axis, 1 body rolling axis and 2 arm rolling axis.

3) The control board, RCB-4HV was newly developed for KHR-3HV, could regulate the serial connected servo motors. Therefore, the wiring is very simple.



Specifications are as follows:
Length: 401.05(H)×194.4(W)×129(D)mm
Weight: 1.5kg
Axis: 17 (head 1, arm 6, foot 10)
Servo: KRS-2552HV x17
CPU: RCB-4HV
Motion editor: Heart&Heart4
Battery: 10.8V 800mAh-Ni-H with express battery charger
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Interface: USB1.1 /2.0

The detail of KHR-3HV was described in KONDO KHR-3HV Site and Robot Watch.

KONDO also announced on Nov. 21, 2011 that the English version of the assembly manual for KHR-3HV was available.

The 5th KHR Anniversary at ASAKUSA ROX3 in Tokyo (June 13-14, 2009)

Robot competition, "The 5nd KHR Anniversary" sponsored by KONDO KAGAKU LTD was carried out in ASAKUSA ROX3 on June 13-14th, 2009.

The first biped hobby robot developed by KONDO, KHR 1 was put on the market in June 2004. The 1st KHR Anniversary was carried out in June 2005. The KHR Anniversary has been planning for KHR user, the major regulation of competition is using of KHR based robots. The competitions carried out on June 13th were KHR Fight, Autonomous KHR Fight, Autonomous Beach Flag, Autonomous Beach Flag Jr, and carried out on June 14th was the 16th KONDO CUP ( soccer ).


KHR Fight, the main event of the 5th KHR Anniversary was joined 32 robots. The winner was Superdigar by Hironocchi and the second place was Seiga by Igaa. The final match video, Superdiggar vs Seiga, is as follows;

KHR Autonomous Fight was joined 3 robots. The winner was Isokowalker2-T by Obana and the second place was ANV-3 by SLAN. The final match video, Isokowalker vs ANV-3, is as follows;

Autonomous Beach Flag had student class and expert class. The winner of student class was 0000 by Nihonnkougakuinn Hachioujischool, the second place was Tama2 by Tamatsukuri High School. The winner of expert class was Isokowalker2 by Obana, the second place was Tama2 by Tamatsukuri Kougyo. The best time was 22.91 second by Isokowalker2. The final match video is as follows;

The 16th KONDO CUP had KHR class and open class. The winner team of the KHR class was Nihonkougakuin Hachiouji scholl. The second place was Kanto-branch team.　　The winner team of open class was Trinity, the second place was Strikers☆Stars.

Robot Festival 2009 in SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (May 17th, 2009)

Robot Festival 2009 sponsored was carried out in SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, on May 17th, 2009. Twenty biped robots joined the competition. ROBO-ONE tournament, a robot fight was carried out. The major regulation was followed that of the 14th ROBO-ONE. The weight of robot was also 3 kg or under 3 kg.


Battle Block, a team game was also carried out. Robot carry rubber cubes to the own territory, and the team which gets more cubes win the game.

The winner of the tournament was Chrome-Kid, the second place was Garoo and the third place was Cavalier. The tournament videos are as follows;

The 1st stage, Dyuminus vs Deshumit


The 2nd stage, Ryuki Ⅱ vs Phantom


The 2nd stage, Sakura 2 vs Deshumit


The 2nd stage, Garoo vs Dyuminus


The Semifinal, Garoo vs Cavalier


The Semifinal, Chrome-Kid vs Dyuminus


For the 3rd Place, Cavalier vs Dyuminus


The Final match, Chrome-Kid vs Garoo


Battle Block

Robot Professional Wrestling Match, Dekinnoka 3 in Akihabara on May 5th 2009.

Robot Professional Wrestling Match, Dekinnoka 3, sponsored by Mr. Omata was carried out at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara on May 5th 2009. He explained the 'Robot Professional Wrestling' was not 'Wrestling' but 'Fighting Arts'. The purpose was not only robot fight but also to inform pleasure of robot. `Dekinnoka` in Japanese, means `Can you do it?`. The video of 'Dekinnoka 2`
which was carried out on Feb. 7th, 2009 in Nagai, has been uploaded by Mr. Omata.

For 'Robot Professional Wrestling Match, Dekinnoka 3', the ring surrounded by 3 ropes with red and blue corner like real 'Professional Wrestling` was prepared at ROBOSPOT in Akihabara.

The first fight was a single match, Future Fight : Karuma vs Zerufa. The blue corner robot was Karuma. The red corner robot was Zerufar. Both robots’ builders are young and are expected to be Dekinnoka fighter robot builders. Zerufar won the fight.


The second fight was a single match. The blue corner robot was GAT, a big robot. The red corner robot was Nagare-Gold from Nagarenger Kanto-headquarters. GAT won the single match.


The third fight was a single match. The blue corner robot is Nagare-BLACK TIGER from Nagaranger Kanto-headquarters. The red corner robot were three KOMETAs. Nagare-BLACK TIGER was a autonomous robot and three KOMETAs were synchronized radio controlled. At first a KOMETA fought with a single body, and then the KOMETA was divided into three bodies when the original KOMETA with red ribbon knocked down. Nagare-BLACK TIGER had to fight with three KOMETAs. When Nagare-BLACK TIGER could knocked down the original KOMETA body with red ribbon, he could won the fight. Nagare-BLACK TIGER won the fight.


The fourth fight was a ramble match, a time difference Battle Royal fight. Every 1 min, a KHR robot entered to the ring. The robot left on the ring would be the winner of the fight.


The fifth fight was the Kanto Heavy Weight Tag Championship title match. The blue corner robots were Cavalia and DeCarle. The red corner robots were Sakura2 and rsv3. Each one robot fights in the ring. When a robot touched to the other robot body, the robot could fight in the ring instead of the former robot. Sakura2 and rsv3 won the fight and kept the champion velts.


The sixth fight was the Kanto Heavy Weight Championship Title Match. The blue corner robot was the challenger Dyuminus. The red corner robot was the Kanto Heavy Weight Champion, Saga. Saga won the title match and kept the champion belt.


The final match was a single match, main event Kumataro Rivival Match. The blue corner robot was Garue. The red corner robot was Kumataro who was once retired by his injured legs at Dekinnoka in Soka. The injured legs have already recovered and he wanted to fight. However, Kumataro was defeated by Garue.


The videos was also uploaded by Mr. Omata as follows:'Dekinnoka 1`on Nov 3rd, 2008 in Soka.

Mr. Omata also carried out another Robot Professional Wrestling Battle, 'Dekinnoka 2.5 `on Feb 11th, 2009 in Tokyo.

The 15th ROBO-ONE Biped Robot Tournament in Kawasaki ( May 4, 2009)

The 15th ROBO-ONE Biped Robot Tournament sponsored by ROBO-ONE Committee was carried out in Kawasaki, on May 4th, 2009. Thirty-seven biped robots joined the tournament. Twenty one robots were winners of the local robot competition. Twelve robots were ROBO-ONE GP (grand prix) robot which was authorized by ROBO-ONE Committee as GP robot. Four robots from Korea also joined the tournament.

The major regulation in the 15th ROBO-ONE was the weight of robot, which was 3 kg or under 3 kg. Robot had to fight by just punching in the 1st stage of the tournament. Then roots had to fight by just throwing as Judo or wrestling in the 2nd stage. Form 3rd stage to final match robots could fight punching and/or throwing.

The winner was Bi-Ma from Korea, the second place was automo 05 and the third place was rsv3.

The tournament videos are as follows;

The 1st stage (just punching), YOGOROZA vs automo 05


The 2nd stage (just throwing), Metallic Fighter vs Bi-Ma


The 2nd stage (just throwing), Saga vs HAUSER


The 2nd stage (just throwing), Shiranui vs Stormwaves Light


The 2nd stage (just throwing), automo05 vs Icarus


The third stage (punching and throwing), Kingkaiser vs rsv3


The third stage (punching and throwing), Garue vs Bi-Ma


The Semifinal (punching and throwing), rsv3 vs Bi-Ma


The Semifinal (punching and throwing), Stormwaves Light vs automo 05


The Final match (punching and throwing), Bi-Ma vs automo 05



The 15th ROBO-ONE videos see [YouTube-IKETOMU's Channel]