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Self-reconfigurable robots topodynamic
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004, 2004Modules 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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Genetic Programming Using Self-Reconfigurable FPGAs
1999This paper presents a novel approach that utilizes FPGA self-reconfiguration for efficient computation in the context of Genetic Programming (GP). GP involves evolving programs represented as trees and evaluating their fitness, the latter operation consuming most of the time.
Sidhu, Reetinder P. S. +2 more
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A Self-Reconfigurable Gate Array Architecture
2000This paper presents an innovative architecture for a reconfigurable device that allows single cycle context switching and single cycle random access to the unified on-chip configuration/data memory. These two features are necessary for efficient self-reconfiguration and are useful in general as well--no other device offers both features.
Sidhu, Reetinder +3 more
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Self-reconfigurable Robots with ATRON Modules
2005We developed a new robotic systems that can change morphology. The system is made of ATRON modules, which are individually simple, attach through physical connections, and perform 3D motions by collective actions. We produced 100 ATRON modules, and performed both simulation and real world experiments.
Lund, Henrik Hautop +2 more
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A self-reconfigurable camera array
ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 Sketches on - SIGGRAPH '04, 2004This paper presents a self-reconfigurable camera array system that captures video sequences from an array of mobile cameras, renders novel views on the fly and reconfigures the camera positions to achieve better rendering quality. The system is composed of 48 cameras mounted on mobile platforms. The contribution of this paper is twofold.
Cha Zhang, Tsuhan Chen
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Self-Reconfiguration Using Directed Growth
2008Self-reconfigurable robots are built from modules which are autonomously able to change the way they are connected, thus changing the overall shape of the robot. This process is difficult to control because it involves the distributed coordination of large numbers of identical modules connected in time-varying ways.
Stoy, K., Nagpal, R.
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Stochastic self-reconfigurable cellular robotics
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004, 2004Implementations of self-reconfigurable robotics rearrange modules through a planned, deterministic reconfiguration path. Reconfiguration is achieved using active module locomotion or manipulation. Here we propose a form of self-reconfigurable robotics based on passive, stochastic self-organization.
P.J. White, K. Kopanski, H. Lipson
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Efficient Metacomputation Using Self-Reconfiguration
2002Self-reconfiguration is a technique using which configured logic can quickly modify itself at runtime to suit application requirements. Although performance improvements using self-reconfiguration have been demonstrated, the technique itself has been only informally described.
Reetinder Sidhu, Viktor K. Prasanna
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Connectors for self-reconfiguring robots
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2002Connectors for self-reconfiguring robots are difficult to design because of the wide range of requirements. We describe the DRAGON connector, whose most distinctive features are its ability to self-align and its strength-to-weight ratio. It weighs 170 g, but holds over 70-kg load.
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Self-reconfigurable Modular e-pucks
2012We present the design of a new structural extension for the e-puck mobile robot. The extension may be used to transform what is a swarm robotics platform into a self-reconfigurable modular robotic system. As a proof of concept, we present an algorithm for controlling the collective locomotion of a group of e-pucks that are equipped with the extension ...
Lachlan Murray, Jon Timmis, Andy Tyrrell
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