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Ascento’s New Website
Ascento just got a new website with a brand new design! Go check it out at www.ascento.ch and get to know Ascento in more detail. DonÔÇÖt miss any updates with the latest ÔÇÿNewsÔÇÖ section and feel free to contact us.
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Startup DAYS 2020
Ascento was invited to the Startup DAYS 2020 held in Bern from 5th to 6th of October. Together with other robotics projects (DroGone, RoBoa, Rowesys, and more!) we represented the #SwissAutonomousValley booth. The event took place in the Kursaal Bern where we had a spectacular view over the whole city (just next to my head…
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Digital Festival Z├â•rich & HackZurich 2020
In September, we were invited to the 5th Digital Festival Z├â•rich to hold a lab session and two talks at HackZurich 2020. Thank you everyone for coming to our presentations and for visiting our lab. We had a lot of fun presenting and we loved the cool designs of the mini-Ascentos! If you missed it,…
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#DayForFailure
Today, October 13, is the International Day For Failure. To celebrate this date, enjoy our Ascento robot fail compilation! With every failure we experience, we learn more and we can improve our robot for its next iteration, which will come soon… Stay tuned for more!
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Digital Festival and Hack Zurich
This week, Ascento is going to the 5th Digital Festival Zurich and the Hack Zurich, EuropeÔÇÖs biggest Hackathon! On Thursday 17.09 (14:00-15:30 / 16:00-17:30), weÔÇÖre hosting a lab at the Digital Festival where visitors can come and assemble a miniature version of the Ascento robot. 👉 https://digitalfestival.ch/en/labs On Friday 18.09 (17:00-19:00), Ascento will pitch its…
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Happy Swiss National Day
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Ascento on YouTube
We are absolutely amazed by the sudden success of our video ÔÇ£This is Ascento 2ÔÇØ on YouTube. It took 5 months to reach the first 100ÔÇÖ000 views and suddenly 3 days later it reached 200ÔÇÖ000 and another 3 days later 300ÔÇÖ000 views! Thank you all very much for your interest, your feedback and your support…
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Ascento Leg Topology
Fancy geometry right? You have probably already noticed that the legs of Ascento have an organic and exotic looking design, especially in our previous prototype. This is not because our engineers decided to go full creative and free shape the parts, this is the result of topology optimization. By specifying where our loads and supports…
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Ascento Leg Geometry
Ascento has two legs which can be controlled independently by two motors installed in the hips. The geometry of its legs is a 4-bar linkage, optimized such that it moves in a straight line using only one motor. This enables Ascento not only to lean into curves and change its center of gravity, but also…
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Ascento’s Eyes
The same way humans have eyes 👀, Ascento has on-board cameras 📷 (marked in red) to perceive its environment. Two global shutter cameras are used for localisation. A depth sensor is used to create a 3D reconstruction of our environment and parametrise objects. For example, when the robot is standing in front of a step…