This is Ascento Pro

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.

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Thanks Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) and ETH Zürich for always supporting us!

[haymose_]

My favorite part of this video is when they showed some practical use for it.

[benculhane]

I like how every robotics company has the "stick we hit the robot with" and that in this case it's a hockey stick

[valong.]

this is awesome- imagine having a wheelchair with these functions

[pychojoe]

Been a long minute since I've seen a robot of this kind that I didn't feel was useless outside of cities and facilities. Honestly impressed. Could actually see use of it in some woods I spend time with, sending it to stands or areas where trail clearing is being done to deliver light supplies, like drinks or some tools. But, looks a bit on the light side, be pretty neat to see a heavy duty one capable of pulling something like a 4-wheeler(quadbike) for heavier tasks.

[chrismonsen]

Perfect! Now we just need to put the baby seat on so we can go hiking together

[ecurb]

Finally!
Years ago I first saw an illustration for a sci-fi robot that had legs but with wheels instead of feet, and I thought "why the hell not?"
And since then I've been wondering why no-one's done it yet. Like, to me it's a no-brainer.
WAY more versatile.

[ASDFCH]

Awesome. I can see the large efficiency gains of this over spot. I think both have their tradeoffs. This one will certainly reign supreme for operations on paved surfaces.

[Simplicitywins]

I thoroughly enjoy riding my electric unicycle, but the use of this tech in a similar fashion could absolutely amazing. The mobility it could give those that struggle with wheelchairs & prosthetics, with the ability to ascend stairs, could be life-changing. Great work, you guys!

[KonradZielinski]

I wonder how long it took to find a set of stairs with runs wide enough for it to go up? I'm wagering that with wheels that size it would not have much luck with most standard staircases.

[CaBdosdos]

I'm gonna live long enough to see robots everywhere. I'm so excited.

[gregl]

This is really amazing. Shouldn't take long for them to mount guns to these things to march us to the showers when we don't comply. Beautifully designed.

[r.lamont]

This would be useful in bringing supplies in emergency and rescue situations.

[StormWolfau]

These are going to make great scout drones for the robot revolution.

[donlitos]

Most positive comments written by the Ascent Pro, autonomously

[gipadang]

This is reminding me. 40-50 years ago, i saw a comic about battle between creatures with wheel as their foot 😮 and creatures with something can punch

[riccardoman]

Perfect companion for long walks in the mountains, he can keep backpack, chairs, food

[dirkdiggler]

Aww look!! It's baby ED-209 taking its first steps. 😍😍

[tiagotiagot]

If the stairs are wide enough, I think it might be able to go up a little faster by going diagonally so it can lift one wheel at a time, bobbing slightly side to side instead of jumping with the whole thing at once for each step.

[Yosser]

Love how the hockey stick has become the tool of choice for robot abuse 😂

[marcosdamota]

Your idea looks good... But, if you're going to make wheelchairs out of it, I'll tell you a little story:


I had a J&J "iBot 4000" which cost me 25, 000 pounds and had to change batteries (1, 150lbs a pair) every 6 months! Not to mention that extreme care was needed to climb stairs, absolutely impractical... the very thin tires always punctured due to the weight of the chair and the user; the joystik command always had problems and manufacturing, engineers had to come to fix it; the charger was also a problem as it was always getting damaged in the plug etc...I even had to change the main chassis, which cost me another 4, 000 pounds! The list could continue... until finally they stopped (fortunately) from selling the batteries and the owners had to throw the iBot to the trash losing all the huge investment! It was the worst wheelchair I've ever had is this almoust 30 years being paraplegic!
And as for J&J, a shame the way they treated their customers who spent fortunes on travel, buying the crap IBot and the hassles we had!!!