LEONARDO (LEg ON Aerial Robotic DrOne, Leo), flying bipedal robot, USA

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aerospacerobotics.caltech.edu/leonardo

Contributors:

Northeastern University

Caltech Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST)

Team:

Alireza Ramezani

Soon-Jo Chung

Morteza Gharib

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[Coming Soon] Caltech's Leonardo Robot (Flying Bipedal Robot)

Published on Jan 10, 2019

Closed-loop control test using synchronized leg joint and propeller control.

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Article "Some robots walk. Others fly. He built one that can do both"

by Laura Castañón
January 22, 2019

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Article "Caltech Building Agile Humanoid Robot by Combining Legs With Thrusters"
Leonardo augments humanoid legs with thrusters to help it run and jump

by Evan Ackerman
February 4, 2019

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Article "This Birdlike Robot Uses Thrusters to Float on Two Legs"
Leonardo the lanky robot can sort of hover-walk on two legs—and that could land it on Mars one day.

by Matt Simon
June 2, 2019

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Oct 2, 2019

Caltech’s LEONARDO (LEgs ONboARD drOne) is a bipedal robot that uses synchronized control of drone-like propellers and legged joints.

This robot is under development at the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST).

The core research team includes Prof. Mory Gharib, Prof. Soon-Jo Chung, Dr. Kyunam Kim, Patrick Spieler, and Caltech SURF students Yasmin Veys, Saskia van Nieuwstadt, and Brian Cruz.

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Happy Holidays from the LEONARDO robot by Caltech's Aerospace Robotics and Control Lab

Dec 26, 2020

Our robots wish you Happy Holidays!
Starring world's first robot slackliner (Leonardo)!