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RiSE V2 performing an untethered vertical climb of a 3-story building, March 2006. RiSE uses microspine toes on its feet to attach to surfaces such as stucco or brick.
The RiSE Climbing Robot
in collaboration with Boston Dynamics, Inc., Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, U.C. Berkeley, and Lewis & Clark University
Overview
The goal of the RiSE project is to create a bioinspired climbing robot with the unique ability to walk on land and climb on vertical surfaces. Active research studies novel robot kinematics, precision-manufactured compliant feet and appendages, and advanced robot behaviors. This project is funded by the DARPA Biodynotics Program.
Our work within the Kod*lab on the RiSE project focuses on behavioral control of legged climbing, discovering how gait control methods can be applied for adverse scenarios in which feedback is a necessity in climbing. Combined with unique robotic mechanisms, our behavioral controllers have produced locomotion on a variety of outdoor climbing surfaces, such as trees, poles, stucco, and brick.
Robotic Platforms
- RiSE V1 - the first generation prototype climbing machine
- RiSE V2 - a hexapedal climbing robot for general use on both level ground and vertical domains
- RiSE V3 - a quadrupedal climbing robot for rapid general outdoor climbing, as well as horizontal mobility
- DynoClimber - a testbed for dynamic climbing behaviors, two legs, operates on test carpet wall
- StickyBot - a testbed for dry adhesive panels, built by colleagues at Stanford University
- SpinyBot - a testbed for microspine arrays, built by colleagues at Stanford University
RiSE V2 climbing a tree, using claws to attach to the coarse surface.
External Links
- Official RiSE Project Homepage
- Boston Dynamics, Inc. - Industrial Collaborator
- Stanford University, BDML - Collaborator
- Carnegie Mellon University, Microdynamic Systems Laboratory - Collaborator
- U.C. Berkeley, Polypedal Laboratory - Collaborator
- U.C. Berkeley, Fearing Laboratory - Collaborator
- Lewis & Clark University, Autumn Lab - Collaborator
- DARPA Biodynotics Program - Sponsor
Media Appearances
2009
- Cutting-Edge Robots Show Off in Japan, MIT Technology Review, May 2009
- Beaver-tailed robot mimics tree-climbing insects, CNet News Military Tech, May 2009
- RiSE Robot Climbs Poles Like Some Sort of Ferocious Animal, Gizmodo, May 2009
- Boston Dynamics-designed RiSE V3 robot climbs poles, haunts dreams, Engadget, May 2009
- RiSE Version 3 climbing robot, Boing Boing, May 2009
- RiSE V3 Scrambles Up Telephone Poles Faster Than Ever, Bot Junkie, May 2009
- Video Friday: RiSE Walks, Runs, Bot Junkie, May 2009
2008
- RiSE Climbing Robot from Boston Dynamics, robots.net, August 2008
- RiSE climbing robot MAKE: Blog, August 2008
2006
- RISE Robot: Six-Legged BIODYNOTICS Runaway, Technovelgy.com, March 2006
- RiSE: Tree-Climbing Robot, Gizmodo, March 2006
2005
- Biologically inspired robot can walk, run, climb walls, and more, The Tartan Online, November 2005
Relevant Publications
2009
- Rapid Pole Climbing with a Quadrupedal Robot, ICRA, May 2009
2008
- Biologically Inspired Climbing with a Hexapedal Robot, Journal of Field Robotics, 2008
2006
- Gait Regulation and Feedback on a Robotic Climbing Hexapod, Robotics: Science & Systems II, August 2006
- Gait Generation and Control in a Climbing Hexapod Robot, SPIE Unmanned Systems Technology VIII, June 2006
- The RiSE Climbing Robot: Body and Leg Design, SPIE Unmanned Systems Technology VIII, June 2006
- Gaits and Gait Transitions for Legged Robots, ICRA, May 2006
2005
- Robotics in Scansorial Environments, SPIE Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII, 2005
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