Ascento, two-wheeled jumping robot, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

**Airicist** · 19th February 2020, 23:21

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Co-founder and CEO - Alessandro Morra

Co-founder and CTO - Miguel de la Iglesia Valls

Co-founder - Ciro Salzmann

Co-founder - Dominik Mannhart

**Airicist** · 19th February 2020, 23:22

Ascento - the jumping robot

May 31, 2018

Project Ascento has been run by a team of 9 Bachelor students at ETH Zurich. Over the course of 9 months, we have conceived, designed and manufactured a robot that is capable of climbing stairs by jumping up steps. Also very quick on his wheels, the robot shows unprecedented indoor manoeuvrability and mobility.

**Airicist** · 19th February 2020, 23:24

Ascento: a two-wheeled jumping robot (ICRA 2019)

Feb 20, 2019

This video accompanies "Ascento: A Two-Wheeled Jumping Robot" presented at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada.

Abstract — Applications of mobile ground robots demand high speed and agility while navigating in complex indoor environments. These present an ongoing challenge in mobile robotics. A system with these specifications would be of great use for a wide range of indoor inspection tasks. This paper introduces Ascento, a compact wheeled bipedal robot that is able to move quickly on flat terrain, and to overcome obstacles by jumping. The mechanical design and overall architecture of the system is presented, as well as the development of various controllers for different scenarios. A series of experiments with the final prototype system validate these behaviors in realistic scenarios.

**Airicist** · 19th February 2020, 23:25

This is Ascento 2

Feb 11, 2020

A short project trailer showing what our robot is capable of! (February 2020)
Features include:
- adaptive legs
- off-road capability
- robust stabilisation
- curve leaning
- fall recovery
- jump on spot
- jump on a step
- drive down a step

**Airicist** · 10th April 2020, 15:03

Ascento pizza delivery

Apr 10, 2020

Ascento’s first business case: pizza delivery.

**Airicist2** · 13th December 2021, 17:36

This is Ascento Pro

Dec 5, 2021

Bigger, faster, stronger: This is Ascento Pro! Our newest creation can climb full flights of stairs, drive at up to 12km/h and all this for up to 8h per battery charge. Oh and also it is now autonomous.

**Airicist2** · 22nd October 2022, 09:51

Ascento: automated outdoor security patrolling

Oct 18, 2022

Interest in testing an Ascento robot live at your premises for security patrolling? We are currently looking for interested partners who would like to test an Ascento on their premise.