Overview
DASH is a lightweight, insect-inspired hexapod robot designed for search-and-rescue and remote sensing applications. It can run at speeds up to 1.5 m/s (15 times its own body length per second), climb over obstacles, and survive falls from any height. The robot features a paper composite body with polymer flexure joints, powered by a single DC motor for leg movement and a shape-memory-alloy servomotor for steering.
Flagship features
- Developed by the UC3 group at the CDL and its partners
- Supports multiple institutions including UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UCOP, UC Santa Cruz, and UCSF
- Built using multiple Rails engines and gems for robustness and scalability
- Sloan-funded project
- Live instances available at various UC institutions
Specifications
Category: Research- Speed
- 1.5 m/s
- Weight
- 0.02 kg
- Battery
- 0.5 h
- Autonomy
- semi-autonomous
- Launch year
- 2009
- Price
- $100
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Other5
- Max Speed Ms
- 1.5
- Max Speed M S
- 1.5
- Company Country
- US
- Controller Model
- 40 MHz microcontroller
- Additional Information
- - Developed by the UC3 group at the CDL and its partners. - Supports multiple institutions including UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UCOP, UC Santa Cruz, and UCSF. - Built using multiple Rails engines and gems for robustness and scalability. - Sloan-funded project. - Live instances available at various UC institutions.
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