Overview
RiSE (Robots in Scansorial Environments) was a DARPA Biodynotics project in which Boston Dynamics built a small legged robot that climbed walls, fences, trees and poles using feet covered in tiny hooks rather than adhesives. University partners studied claws, gecko-like adhesives and gait control, producing spin-offs such as Stickybot and SpinyBot. RiSE V1 and V2 were hexapods. The later V3 was a faster quadruped for outdoor poles. The project ran from roughly 2005 to 2009.
- Type
- Crawling robot · Climbers & inspection crawlers
- Maker
- Boston Dynamics with Stanford, CMU, UC Berkeley, Penn and Lewis & Clark (USA)
- Released
- 2006
- Price
- Not for sale
- Status
- Not for sale (research)
- Best for
- Professionals & labs
- Programming
- No programmability
Price and shipping
DARPA-funded research consortium robot.
Shipping: Not for sale. A research robot that was never sold.
Specifications
| Category | Crawlers, snakes & climbers · Climbers & inspection crawlers |
|---|---|
| Released | 2006 |
| Country | USA |
| Availability | Not for sale (research) |
| Programmability | No programmability |
| Built-in autonomy | None / scripted · Moves only when controlled, or plays preset motions |
| LLM support | None · No built-in LLM and no SDK to connect one. |
| Best for | Professionals & labs |
| Vision sensors | No vision sensors |
| Actuators | Unknown |
| Audio | No audio |
| Compute type | Unknown |
| Remote control | Not programmable |
| Size | ~0.25 m long, ~2 kg |
| Locomotion | Six legs (V1/V2, V3 was a quadruped) with microspine claws, plus a tail for balance on steep surfaces |
| Compute | Not published |
| Camera | None documented |
| Sensors | Not published (leg and foot sensing studied in the project) |
| Runtime | Not published |
| Speed | ~5 cm/s climbing (Boston Dynamics), ~0.3 m/s on the ground (Make) |
| SDK | None public |
Common questions
How much does RiSE Climbing Robot cost?
Not for sale. DARPA-funded research consortium robot.
Can RiSE Climbing Robot be bought today?
No. It was never sold to the public.
Who makes RiSE Climbing Robot?
RiSE Climbing Robot is made by Boston Dynamics with Stanford, CMU, UC Berkeley, Penn and Lewis & Clark (USA). It came out in 2006.
Can RiSE Climbing Robot be programmed?
No programmability.
Does RiSE Climbing Robot have AI chat or LLM support?
None. No built-in LLM and no SDK to connect one.
Ratings & reviews
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