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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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IEEE Access, 2019 Extensive studies regarding complete coverage problems have been conducted, but a few tackle scenarios where the mobile robot is equipped with reconfigurable modules.
Ku Ping Cheng +3 more
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Collision Avoidance and Stability Study of a Self-Reconfigurable Drainage Robot
Sensors, 2021 The inspection and maintenance of drains with varying heights necessitates a drain mapping robot with trained labour to maintain community hygiene and prevent the spread of diseases.
Rizuwana Parween +4 more
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Accomplishing High-Level Tasks with Modular Robots
, 2018 The advantage of modular self-reconfigurable robot systems is their flexibility, but this advantage can only be realized if appropriate configurations (shapes) and behaviors (controlling programs) can be selected for a given task.
Jing, Gangyuan +3 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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Automated Reconfiguration of Modular Robots Using Robot Manipulators [PDF]
, 2018 Self-reconfigurability in modular robots is a challenging task that usually requires complex module designs and algorithms. To make the reconfigurability easier, unpowered permanent magnet-based modules can be reconfigured by anexternal robotic ...
Cordoba, Ernesto +7 more
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Robo-Matter towards reconfigurable multifunctional smart materials. [PDF]
Nat CommunMaximizing materials utilization efficiency via enhancing their reconfigurability and multifunctionality offers a promising avenue in addressing the global challenges in sustainability.
Wang J +15 more
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A Proposal for a Multi-Drive Heterogeneous Modular Pipe- Inspection Micro-Robot
, 2008 This paper presents the architecture used to develop a micro-robot for narrow pipes inspection. Both the electromechanical design and the control scheme will be described. In pipe environments it is very useful to have a method to retrieve information of
ALBERTO BRUNETE +6 more
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Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems [PDF]
, 2007 The field of modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems addresses the design, fabrication, motion planning, and control of autonomous kinematic machines with variable morphology. Modular self-reconfigurable systems have the promise of making significant
Chirikjian, Gregory S. +7 more
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Modeling and Mathematical Analysis of Swarms of Microscopic Robots [PDF]
, 2005 The biologically-inspired swarm paradigm is being used to design self-organizing systems of locally interacting artificial agents. A major difficulty in designing swarms with desired characteristics is understanding the causal relation between individual
Galstyan, Aram +2 more
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