2021
Founded
DASH is founded at TUM as Germany’s first student-initiated team for lower-limb exoskeletons.
ASH
Our first exoskeleton
ASH taught us how to design, build and test a full exoskeleton. It is now retired.
Now
Building RACE
The CNC parts for RACE have arrived. We are measuring, ordering the last parts and assembling it, while our projects work on firmware, power distribution and control.
2028
European Exoskeleton Competition
With CYBATHLON on a strategic pause, European student teams are exploring a new exoskeleton competition in 2028. Competing there is our goal.
DASH is an exoskeleton student team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), founded in November 2021.
We are motivated students from bachelor, master and PhD programmes. To our knowledge, we are the first student-initiated team in Germany working on lower-limb exoskeletons.
We love to show what we build.
From the SCLab at the Deutsches Museum to fairs on the TUM campus, we present our exoskeletons to students, researchers, industry and the public, to show what student-built assistive robotics can do.
One team, from CAD to the test bench.
Our five sub-teams, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Business Administration and Pilot & Medical, work side by side on RACE: designing parts, writing motor firmware and testing actuators on our own test rigs.
Latest updates
- 30 Oct 2026Upcoming
TUMorrow Factory
Next stop: TUMorrow Factory on 30 October, 17:00, in MW0250.
- 21 Oct 2026Upcoming
Student Club Fair in Garching
Find us in the Magistrale of the Mechanical Engineering building from 10:00 to 17:00: both exoskeletons as 3D models, components from ASH and a little football game with a RACE shank.
- 12 Oct 2026Goal
New goal: European Exoskeleton Competition 2028
With CYBATHLON on a strategic pause, European student teams are exploring a new exoskeleton competition in 2028. We want to be there.
- 28 Sep 2026RACE
Parts for RACE have arrived
The CNC parts for our new exoskeleton are here. Next up: measuring, ordering the last parts and assembling RACE.
- 14 Sep 2026Team
A new team structure
DASH now has a Team Lead, a Technical Lead and a System Administrator, and is organised in sub-teams around our current projects.
From the blog
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DASH running for Wings for Life World Run!
We are delighted to announce that our exoskeleton student initiative successfully participated in the Wings for Life World Run. About…
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FLUX GmbH Sponsors DASH!
We are thrilled to announce that FLUX GmbH (FLUX) has become an official sponsor of the DASH student initiative. FLUX…
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Presenting Our Work at Deutsches Museum’s SCLab!
We are thrilled to share that we had the incredible honor of occupying the SCLab at the Deutsches Museum from…
Join DASH.
Change is rarely made alone. Join one of our five sub-teams and work on the projects that build RACE. All you need is curiosity and at least 8h per week.