Bio-Inspired and Medical Robotics Lab, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel

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Head - David Zarrouk

Projects:

Flying STAR robot, hybrid flying crawling quadcopter robot

Rising STAR, miniautre highly reconfigurable robot

SAW, Single-Actuator Wave, bioinspired robot

 

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Minimally actuated reconfigurable continuous track robot

Jan 24, 2020

This video present a minimally actuated continuous track robot. The track robot can change its shape while actuated using 2 motors only (3 motors in the current design). The robot can climb over obstacles and pass over objects without touching them.
the robot can be used for search and rescue applications, agriculture, pipe inspection, industrial maintenance and others.
Developed at the Bio-Inspired and Medical Robotics Lab. at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev by Tal Kislasi and David Zarrouk.
Appears on IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

 

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RSAW, is a robot actuated with wave producing mechanisms

May 11, 2020

RSAW is designed for crawling over a variety of challenging surfaces and climbing on top of obstacles. It can reach a speed of up to 20 cm/s. The robot is developed at the Bio-inspired and Medical Robotics Lab. at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

"RSAW, A Highly Reconfigurable Wave Robot: Analysis, Design, and Experiments". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019.
By D. Shachaf, O. Inbar, and D. Zarrouk

 

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DSTAR is a reconfigurable crawling robot capable of engaging different obstacles and terrains

Nov 25, 2025

A reconfigurable robot capable of engaging different obstacles and crawling over different surfaces. It can roll sideways and crawl using a unique turtle gait.
see paper:
Design and Modeling of a Reconfigurable Robot: Decoupled STAR (DSTAR)
By: Tomer Siboni , Matan Coronel, and David Zarrouk
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11261865