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Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 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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Mathematics, 2023 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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Reconfiguration planning for heterogeneous self-reconfiguring robots [PDF]
Proceedings 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003) (Cat. No.03CH37453), 2004 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.
Robert Fitch +2 more
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Hinges for origami-inspired structures by multimaterial additive manufacturing
Materials & Design, 2020 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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Software reconfiguration in robotics [PDF]
Empirical Software EngineeringAbstract 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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Earwig-inspired foldable origami wing for micro air vehicle gliding
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 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]
, 2019 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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Soft Adaptive Mechanical Metamaterials
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 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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The self-reconfiguring robotic molecule [PDF]
Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.98CH36146), 2002 We discuss a robotic module called a molecule. Molecules can be the basis for building self-reconfiguring robots. They support multiple modalities of locomotion and manipulation. We describe the design, functionality, and control of the molecule. We show how a set of molecules can aggregate as active three-dimensional structures that can move and ...
Keith Kotay +3 more
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Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2020 Devices with variable stiffness are drawing more and more attention with the growing interests of human-robot interaction, wearable robotics, rehabilitation robotics, etc.
Zhuang Zhang +5 more
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