Ashley Chase

Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering

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Ashley Chase is a pioneering roboticist whose research focuses on multi-modal legged locomotion, bridging the gap between terrestrial, aquatic, and climbing behaviors. Her major contributions lie in developing reduced-order dynamic models that enable robots to seamlessly transition between swimming, climbing, and walking in complex, resistive environments. In her 2022 paper "Optimizing Dynamic Legged Locomotion in Mixed, Resistive Media," Chase addresses the critical challenge of controlling legged robots through natural media like water or sand—often treated as disturbances—by integrating these forces directly into the control framework. Her work "AquaClimber: a limbed swimming and climbing robot based on reduced order models" further extends this vision, demonstrating a robot that uses the same limbs to climb vertical surfaces and swim through water, inspired by animals like the climbing perch. Though early in her career, Chase’s research has already garnered attention, with each of these foundational papers accumulating 4 citations, signaling growing impact. Her innovative approach to unifying locomotion modes promises to unlock new capabilities for search-and-rescue, environmental monitoring, and planetary exploration robots.