Emergent Space Tensegrities Robotics, BEST Lab, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

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BEST Lab (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?12704)

Home page - best.berkeley.edu/best-research/best-berkeley-emergent-space-tensegrities-robotics (https://best.berkeley.edu/best-research/best-berkeley-emergent-space-tensegrities-robotics)

SuperBall bot tensegrity planetary lander (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?8104)

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https://youtu.be/ZRihg3G_4Uw

BEST Tensegrity Research Lab Tour

Published on Sep 26, 2014


Videos of the tensegrity robot research at UC Berkeley's BEST (Berkeley Emergent Space Tensegrities) Lab. Video shown the NASA Headquarters on September 25, 2014.

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https://youtu.be/rMEFqTv9zKY

Presentation to Dava Newman at NASA Ames

Published on Jul 20, 2015


Presentation to Dava Newman, NASA Deputy Direction, at NASA Ames roverscape on 7.17.2015. Several tensegrity robots were demonstrated, including 2 from the BEST lab.

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https://youtu.be/YtHrcmZoXsc

Exploring Space with Shape-Shifting Robots

Published on Oct 2, 2015


Alice Agogino's lab at the University of California, Berkeley and Vytas SunSpiral's team at the Dynamic Tensegrity Robotics Lab at NASA Ames Research Center are developing what could be the next generation of space exploring robots. And these robots are inspired by a baby toy of all things. They are made of cables and rods and are a type of structure known as a tensegrity structure-- which gives them some unique properties that make them pretty robust. Check out how the researchers are engineering and programming them to move.


Article "Exploring Space with Shape-Shifting Robots (http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2015/10/01/engineering-is-exploring-space-with-shape-shifting-robots)"

by Lauren Farrar
October 1, 2015

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https://youtu.be/awILwlCkd9Y

How to build a model of a future space-exploring robot

Published on Oct 19, 2015


Researchers at NASA Ames and the University of California, Berkeley are designing what may be the next generation of space exploring robots. These robots are a type of structure known as a tensegrity structure. In tensegrity structures, rigid elements are not directly connected to one another by bolts or screws, and instead are connected by wires, cables, chains or a similiar string-like object. In this video, CaT Bobino explains how you can make a model of a tensegrity structure out of just straws and rubber bands. Share what you make with @KQEDedspace on twitter or instagram using #tensegrity.

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https://youtu.be/nQvdRPUCkX0

Compilation video of all the spherical tensegrity robots in the BEST Lab, as a demo for Google on Dec. 2nd 2015.

Published on Feb 25, 2016

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https://youtu.be/sqqOZ4Sg95Q

6-bar spherical tensegrity robot climbing

Published on Apr 4, 2017


6-bar tensegrity robot built by UC Berkeley's BEST lab demonstrated incline surface climbing. The robot was able to successfully climb up 24 degree (44.5% grade) incline using multiple actuators.

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https://youtu.be/He2X_EiEjOo

12-bar tensegrity cube rolling in straight line

Published on Apr 19, 2017


The Berkeley Emergent Space Tensegrities (BEST) Lab is investigating the capabilities of 12-bar tensegrity robots. Here we show that a 12-bar cubic tensegrity can move in a straight line using only four actuators.