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Modular robots hold promise of adaptability, robustness, and versatility. Synchronization of modules is critical; if a module is asynchronous, not only will the robot fail to perform tasks properly, but its behavior may be self‐destructive through self ...
Kevin Holdcroft +4 more
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Reconfigurable robots design based on polyominos or n-Omino is increasingly being explored in cleaning and maintenance (CnM) tasks due to their ability to change shape using intra- and inter-reconfiguration, resulting in various footprints of the robot ...
Manivannan Kalimuthu +5 more
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Hinges for origami-inspired structures by multimaterial additive manufacturing
Recent studies demonstrate novel metamaterials featuring unique properties by combining origami-inspired designs with additive manufacturing. In particular, the use of flexural hinges endows distinct advantages towards miniaturization and fabrication ...
Marius A. Wagner +4 more
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Earwig-inspired foldable origami wing for micro air vehicle gliding
Foldable wings serve as an effective solution for reducing the size of micro air vehicles (MAVs) during non-flight phases, without compromising the gliding capacity provided by the wing area.
Risa Ishiguro +4 more
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Universal Reconfiguration of Facet-Connected Modular Robots by Pivots: The O(1) Musketeers [PDF]
We present the first universal reconfiguration algorithm for transforming a modular robot between any two facet-connected square-grid configurations using pivot moves.
Akitaya, Hugo A. +10 more
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Dynamically Reconfigurable Robotic System
This paper deals with experimental aspects of a practical realization method for the cellular robotic system (CEBOT). CEBOT is a dynamically reconfigurable robotic systems which can reconfigure robots in an optimal structure, depending on working purposes and environments This is one of the autonomous distributed, cooperative systems, which are capable
T. Fukuda, S. Nakagawa
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Software reconfiguration in robotics [PDF]
Abstract Robots often need to be reconfigurable—to customize, calibrate, or optimize robots operating in varying environments with different hardware. A particular challenge in robotics is the automated and dynamic reconfiguration to load and unload software components, as well as parameterizing them. Over the last decades, a large variety of
Sven Peldszus +4 more
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Reconfiguration planning for heterogeneous self-reconfiguring robots [PDF]
Current research in self-reconfiguring robots focuses predominantly on systems of identical modules. However, allowing modules of varying types, with different sensors, for example, is of practical interest. In this paper, we propose the development of an algorithmic basis for heterogeneous self-reconfiguring systems.
R. Fitch, Z. Butler, D. Rus
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Soft Adaptive Mechanical Metamaterials
Soft materials are inherently flexible and make suitable candidates for soft robots intended for specific tasks that would otherwise not be achievable (e.g., smart grips capable of picking up objects without prior knowledge of their stiffness). Moreover,
Romik Khajehtourian, Dennis M. Kochmann
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Self-Reconfigurable Robots [PDF]
A distributed reconfigurable micro-robotic system is a collection of unlimited numbers of distributed small, homogeneous robots designed to autonomously organize and reorganize in order to achieve mission-specified geometric shapes and functions. This project investigated the design, control, and planning issues for self-configuring and self-organizing
HENSINGER, DAVID M. +4 more
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