STAR: miniature all-terrain robot for office buildings

Actually, the miniature robot, which will be discussed in this article, can move not only in office buildings, but in general in many places with complex terrain. Such a robot is ideally suited for the role of a spy, and this can be understood by watching the video below. Interestingly, UC Berkeley students developed this device, and most of the robot (with the exception of the electronic component) was printed on a 3D printer.

The name of the robot, STAR, is an abbreviation, the full name is Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot. The robot can move very quickly, in addition, it is able to crawl under the door, as well as overcome all kinds of obstacles. The "behavior" of the robot is very similar to the behavior of some insects.

The printer used to create the case and parts is the ProJet 3000 3D. According to the developers, the project is now ready, and there is no particular difficulty in printing several hundred or even thousands of robots of this type at once. Well, now it's time to watch the video, with a demonstration of the capabilities of the robot.