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RetiredSucceeded by Sand Flea United StatesFully autonomous

Boston Dynamics · legged machine

RiSE

An insect-like six-legged climbing robot that moved up vertical surfaces at about 5 cm per second.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
—Not published
Speed
0.2 km/hFaster than 5%
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A legged robot that climbed walls, trees and fences without suction or magnets, using about 50 tiny hooks on each foot.

Real-world use

Research programme (partners not named on the page used)

Timeline

First shown
2006
Released
Not yet
Listed by Boston Dynamics with a 2006 date

Maker

Boston DynamicsCompany · founded 1992 · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Owned by Hyundai Motor Group since June 2021 (80% stake bought from SoftBank for about $880M; SoftBank kept about 20%).

How it stacks up

Against other legged & novel that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. RHexDARPA-funded consortium (University of Michigan, McGill University and others); commercial version by Boston Dynamics · 20019.7 km/h
  2. DASH (Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod)UC Berkeley Biomimetic Millisystems Lab · 20095.4 km/h
  3. ACM-R5HTokyo Institute of Technology (Hirose lab); product version by HiBot · 20051.4 km/h
  4. i-footToyota · 20041.4 km/h
  5. CharlieDFKI Robotics Innovation Center · 20121.0 km/h
  6. MantisMicromagic Systems (Matt Denton) · 20131.0 km/h
  7. LAURON VFZI Research Center for Information Technology · 20130.5 km/h
  8. RiSEBoston Dynamics · 20060.2 km/h

RiSE is faster than 5% of the 19 other legged & novel that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Speed 0.2 km/h 0.1 km/h18.0 km/h #19 of 20 · faster than 5%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Its research teams developed gaits that let it climb walls, trees and poles by itself, adjusting to what its sensors felt.
Actuators & motors
Six lightweight legs with strong actuators.
Hands
No hands; each foot carried about 50 fishing hooks for gripping rough vertical surfaces.
Other details
Climbed without special adhesion at about 5 cm/s (Boston Dynamics).

Lineage

Every Boston Dynamics machine in order.

  1. RHexRHex2001Research
  2. BigDogBigDog2005Retired
  3. LittleDogLittleDog2005Retired
  4. RiSERiSE2006Retired
  5. Sand FleaSand Flea2012Retired
  6. LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)2012Retired
  7. CheetahCheetah2012Retired
  8. WildCatWildCat2013Retired
  9. Spot (now called Spot Classic)Spot (now called Spot Classic)2015Retired
  10. SpotMiniSpotMini2016Retired
  11. HandleHandle2017Retired
  12. Handle (logistics version)Handle (logistics version)2019Retired
  13. SpotSpot2019Commercial
  14. StretchStretch2021Commercial
  15. Spot Enterprise and Spot ArmSpot Enterprise and Spot Arm2021Commercial

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Watch RiSE

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Research robot
Sold or delivered
not sold
Where it is sold or used
Boston Dynamics, Massachusetts
Customers and pilots
Research programme (partners not named on the page used)

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Boston Dynamics Legacy robots ri.cmu.edu RiSE: how it is operated Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics History & Legacy — Handle

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