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A novel approach to gait synchronization and transition for reconfigurable walking platforms
Digital Communications and Networks, 2015 Legged robots based on one degree-of-freedom reconfigurable planar leg mechanisms, that are capable of generating multiple useful gaits, are highly desired due to the possibility of handling environments and tasks of high complexity while maintaining ...
Shunsuke Nansai +4 more
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A new meta-module for efficient reconfiguration of hinged-units modular robots [PDF]
, 2016 We present a robust and compact meta-module for edge-hinged modular robot units such as M-TRAN, SuperBot, SMORES, UBot, PolyBot and CKBot, as well as for central-point-hinged ones such as Molecubes and Roombots.
Parada, Irene +2 more
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Survey on research and development of reconfigurable modular robots
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016 This article presents a comprehensive survey of reconfigurable modular robots, which covers the origin, history, the state of the art, key technologies, challenges, and applications of reconfigurable modular robots.
Jinguo Liu, Xin Zhang, Guangbo Hao
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Self-Reconfigurable Robots [PDF]
, 2002 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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Reprogrammable Magnetic Soft Robots Based on Low Melting Alloys
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Magnetic soft robots featuring untethered actuation and high mechanical compliance have promising applications ranging from bionics to biomedicine.
Gangsheng Chen +4 more
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hTetro-Infi: A Reconfigurable Floor Cleaning Robot With Infinite Morphologies
IEEE Access, 2020 The development of floor cleaning robots is an emerging area in robotics. Maximizing the area coverage is a foremost mission for a floor cleaning robot.
S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon +3 more
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ROBOMINER: Development of a Highly Configurable and Modular Scaled-Down Prototype of a Mining Robot
Machines, 2023 Historically, mining operations have faced numerous challenges, including safety hazards, inefficiencies, and environmental concerns. However, recent advances in robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence have presented opportunities for the ...
Virgilio Gomez +4 more
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Active Self-Assembly of Algorithmic Shapes and Patterns in Polylogarithmic Time [PDF]
, 2013 We describe a computational model for studying the complexity of self-assembled structures with active molecular components. Our model captures notions of growth and movement ubiquitous in biological systems.
Chen, Ho-Lin +5 more
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A Game-theoretic Formulation of the Homogeneous Self-Reconfiguration Problem [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper we formulate the homogeneous two- and three-dimensional self-reconfiguration problem over discrete grids as a constrained potential game. We develop a game-theoretic learning algorithm based on the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm that solves ...
Egerstedt, Magnus B. +3 more
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Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017 In this article, a decentralized control strategy is presented for harmonic drive–based modular and reconfigurable robots with uncertain environment contact. Unlike conventional methods that rely on robot–environment contact model or force/torque sensing,
Bo Dong, Yan Li, Keping Liu
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