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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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Efficient Locomotion for a Self-Reconfiguring Robot

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2006
In this paper we describe a modular self-reconfiguring robot composed of Molecule robot modules. We present the architecture of this robot and discuss how self-reconfiguration can be used as a locomotion gait for this system. We present two types of locomotion algorithms for this robot: a statically stable tumbling algorithm and a dynamically stable ...
Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus
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Self-Reconfiguration of Industrial Mobile Robots

2010 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, 2010
In this paper a flexible self-reconfiguration mechanism for industrial mobile robots in car manufacturing is presented. Implemented in a holonic multi-agent system, user-inserted process changes are executed self-organised. Starting with a natural-language based description of the desired process change, an uncoupled recombination mechanism is the core
Stefanie Angerer, Rob Pooley, Ruth Aylett   +2 more
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Self-reconfiguring robots

IEEE Intelligent Systems, 1998
At the Dartmouth Robotics Laboratory, we have a vision of the future: a modular robot that can assume a snake shape to traverse a tunnel, reconfigure upon exiting as a six-legged robot to traverse rough terrain, and change shape and gait to climb stairs and enter a building.
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Programmable matter with self-reconfiguring robots

Proceedings of the 7th ACM international conference on Computing frontiers, 2010
Programmable matter aims to bring machines and materials closer together. We wish to create smart materials whose properties can be programmed, or, alternatively, machines that look and feel more like materials. Programmable matter will be achieved when we will have the ability to create objects whose physical properties, for example shape, stiffness ...
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How to make a self-reconfigurable robot run

Proceedings of the first international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems part 2 - AAMAS '02, 2002
In this paper we present a multiagent based control algorithm for self-reconfigurable robots. These robots are robots made from a possibly large number of independent modules. In the proposed control algorithm all modules run identical programs, but may play different roles.
Støy, K., Shen, W.-M., Will, P.
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Self-reconfigurable planar parallel robot

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37566), 2005
This paper proposes a novel self-reconfigurable parallel robot which is capable of self-reconfiguring to other various types of planar parallel robots on a horizontal plane. The limbs (legs) of the proposed parallel robot are 2R (two-revolute-joint) open kinematic chains whose second joints are unactuated.
Jin-Kyu Choi, Toru Omata, Osamu Mori
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Self-reconfigurable robots for navigation and manipulation

1998
Self-reconfigurable robots consist of a set of one or more identical autonomous modules that can adapt their shape and function to tasks. We describe a module that can function as a climbing robot, a manipulator, or a leg in a multi-legged walker. This module can make autonomous transitions between these states.
Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus
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Shape changing and self-reconfiguring robots

Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 2015
Purpose – This article aims to provide details of recent developments in robots that can change shape and self-reconfigure. Design/methodology/approach – Following an introduction, this article first describes some recent developments in shape-changing materials ...
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Distributed Control in Self-reconfigurable Robots

2003
This paper explores self-assembling artefacts using distributed control. General design methods for distributed self-assembling artefacts are described and a simulator is developed to simulate an existing robotic unit (M-TRAN) in a self-assembling context.
Lund, H.H., Larsen, R.L., Østergaard, E.H.   +2 more
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