Weekly Robotics Meetup #3 - Ascento

The goal of project Ascento is to advance the development of wheeled bipedal robotic systems, bringing them out of the lab to the real world. Our solution combines the best of both worlds: The versatility of legs to overcome stairs and obstacles, and the speed, energy- and cost-efficiency of wheeled systems. This makes our platform the ideal mobile robot for real world deployment for many applications. Links: Ascento webpage: https://www.ascento.ethz.ch/ Ascento: A Two-Wheeled Jumping Robot - preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11435 LQR-Assisted Whole-Body Control of a Wheeled Bipedal Robot with Kinematic Loops - preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11431 For Weekly Robotics updates check out our newsletter: https://weeklyrobotics.com/ For past events recordings check out our playlists:    • Meetups   Video edited by Rodrigo Lopes Catto:   / rodrigo-lopes-catto