Comments on: DASH Robot Can Fall Off 28m Building, Keep Running (Video)

By: Wild Thumper Brings Major All-Terrain Power to Robot Kits (video) | Singularity Hub

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:25:57 +0000

[...] be honest, I’ve seen tougher bots. Some can jump a 25 foot fence, others fall from 90 foot buildings, and some are thrown into battle. All of those rugged robots, however, were built for the military [...]

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:49:00 +0000

I wonder if they could add some very light retracting wings on the back (plastic?) to slow falls by gliding from indefinite heights… then you could have a paratrooping cockroach robot.

By: Carnegie Mellon’s Incredible Robot Snake Climbs a Real Tree (video) | Singularity Hub

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:22:05 +0000

[...] inspiration in robotics. We’ve reviewed many examples, including Festo’s AirPenguins, UC’s roach-like Dash robot, and Chiba’s hummingbird. Like these other groups, Carnegie Mellon has gone to great lengths [...]

By: Berkeley’s roach robot imitates nature « Writing & Editing MU

Berkeley’s roach robot imitates nature « Writing & Editing MU — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:11:48 +0000

[...] at Berkeley have made an insect robot based on studies of how most legged animals walk. Cockroaches have always been regarded in urban myth as the most [...]

By: Alfred Anoyhmann

Alfred Anoyhmann — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:58:37 +0000

Mount a couple of mylar roach wings and run it across a crowded ball room. Now that could be fun.

By: Alfred Anoyhmann

Alfred Anoyhmann — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:58:00 +0000

Mount a couple of mylar roach wings and run it across a crowded ball room. Now that could be fun.

By: New Must-See Video of the Spectacular A-Pod Ant Robot | Singularity Hub

New Must-See Video of the Spectacular A-Pod Ant Robot | Singularity Hub — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:02:57 +0000

[...] engineering and modify it for mechanics. This can help us find remarkable innovations such as the Dash robot which runs as quickly, and is nearly as indefatigable, as a cockroach. In some sense A-Pod skirts [...]

By: A-pod a robot that looks like an ant? « Always Technology

A-pod a robot that looks like an ant? « Always Technology — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:44:49 +0000

[...] has looked to an ant for inspiration. Many robots have been designed with insects in mind like the Dash robot which is modeled after a cockroach, however A-pod is the one of the first to include a fully [...]

By: Festo’s Extraordinary Robots That Mimic Biology (video) | Singularity Hub

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:02:45 +0000

[...] seen some really great robots that gain their inspiration from nature, including bots that run like a cockroach, fly like a hummingbird and scale walls like a gecko. By co-opting nature’s design, engineers [...]

By: A Review Of The Best Robots of 2009 | Singularity Hub

A Review Of The Best Robots of 2009 | Singularity Hub — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:43:23 +0000

[...] interesting robot this year was the DASH robot from UC Berkeley. DASH or Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod is a six legged robot made from cardboard and polymer. [...]

By: Roach Acts As Brain for Robot (Video) | Singularity Hub

Roach Acts As Brain for Robot (Video) | Singularity Hub — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:09:46 +0000

[...] The cockroach has been an important inspiration in robotics, and engineers mimicked its design in robots like DASH. Likewise, cyborgs have captivated imaginations with the unique molding of biology and machine in a [...]

By: Robot Can Fall Off a 28m Building and Keep Running | GadgetMania Gadgets and Gadget News

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:45:53 +0000

[...] News link: here [...]

By: This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.09 : Speckyboy Design Magazine

This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.09 : Speckyboy Design Magazine — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:06:45 +0000

[...] DASH Robot Can Fall Off a 28m Building and Keep Running (Video) [...]

By: Cockroach robot falls 28m, keeps running | Diy all the Way

Cockroach robot falls 28m, keeps running | Diy all the Way — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:37:15 +0000

[...] UC Berkeley Biomimetics Lab has created DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod), a cockroach-inspired robot made from laser-cut cardboard [...]

By: » DASH: The Undie-able RobotSKIRMISHER

» DASH: The Undie-able RobotSKIRMISHER — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:43:43 +0000

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