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PolyBot: a modular reconfigurable robot

Proceedings 2000 ICRA. Millennium Conference. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Symposia Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37065), 2002
Modular, self-reconfigurable robots show the promise of great versatility, robustness and low cost. The paper presents examples and issues in realizing those promises. PolyBot is a modular, self-reconfigurable system that is being used to explore the hardware reality of a robot with a large number of interchangeable modules.
Mark Yim, David Duff, Kimon Roufas
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A cuboctahedron module for a reconfigurable robot

2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2010
We present a concept for a modular robot with a quasi-regular polyhedron based on a cuboctahedron element. Lattice-type modular robots can adapt their morphology by reconfiguring to various shapes. While regular polyhedrons provide the bases of many promising 3D lattice elements, few modular robots have shapes with more than six regular faces.
Shuguang Li 0005, Jianping Yuan, Franz Nigl, Hod Lipson   +3 more
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Dynamic Reconfiguration for Robot Software

2006 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2006
Robot applications are autonomous systems that operate in highly dynamic surroundings. Consequently, they are susceptible to changing environmental characteristics and unanticipated resource breakdowns. Furthermore, they are often required to operate for extended periods.
Zheng Yu 0002, Ian Warren, Bruce A. MacDonald   +2 more
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Adaptability of reconfigurable robotic systems

2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.03CH37422), 2004
This research treats a design for reconfigurable robotic systems with large variations in configurations. To evaluate system adaptability, we define the configuration space to be the set of all feasible configuration variations of the robotic system.
Zhu Ming Bi, William A. Gruver, Wen-Jun Zhang 0005   +2 more
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Snapbot: A reconfigurable legged robot

2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017
We develop a reconfigurable legged robot, named Snapbot, to emulate configuration changes and various styles of legged locomotion. The body of Snapbot houses a microcontroller and a battery for untethered operation. The body also contains connections for communication and power to the modular legs. The legs can be attached to and detached from the body
Joohyung Kim, Alexander Alspach, Katsu Yamane   +2 more
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On the complexity of optimal reconfiguration planning for modular reconfigurable robots

2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2010
This paper presents a thorough analysis of the computational complexity of optimal reconfiguration planning problem for chain-type modular robots, i.e. finding the least number of reconfiguration steps to transform from the initial configuration into the goal configuration.
Feili Hou, Wei-Min Shen
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Self-reconfigurable robots topodynamic

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004, 2004
Modules connected to each other form a network. So, a modular robot is a module network. In the case of reconfigurable robots, the topology of this network evolves. We propose to ground the study of self-reconfigurable robots in a framework inspired by graph theory and cellular automata.
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Morphological reconfiguration monitoring for homogeneous self-reconfigurable robots

2017 14th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), 2017
Morphological computation (MC) has revolutionized robotic systems employing morphological properties (MP). Thus far, morphology has been mostly used to analyze morphological functionalities qualitatively after design phase of robotic systems. Furthermore, morphology has verified qualitative requirements, not modeled quantitative specifications. To fill
Matin Macktoobian, Ahmad K. N. Tehrani, M. Khodayar   +2 more
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Structure-Reconfiguring Robots: Autonomous Truss Reconfiguration and Manipulation

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2013
In this article, we present a robot capable of autonomously traversing and manipulating a three-dimensional (3-D) truss structure. The robot can approach and traverse multiple structural joints using a combination of translational and rotational motions. A key factor in allowing reliable motion and engagement is the use of specially designed structural
Franz Nigl, Shuguang Li 0005, Jeremy Blum, Hod Lipson   +3 more
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Network-based reconfiguration routes for a self-reconfigurable robot

Science in China Series F: Information Sciences, 2008
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Jinguo Liu, Shugen Ma, Yuechao Wang, Bin Li 0001   +3 more
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