Model-Based Development of Knowledge-Driven Self-Reconfigurable Machine Control Systems
To accommodate the trend toward mass customization launched by intelligent manufacturing in the era of Industry 4.0, this paper proposes the combination of model-driven engineering and knowledgedriven engineering during the development process of self ...
Nan Zhou +4 more
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An extendible reconfigurable robot based on hot melt adhesives [PDF]
The ability to physically enlarge one’s own body structures plays an important role in robustness and adaptability of biological systems. It is, however, a significant challenge for robotic systems to autonomously extend their bodies.
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An On-line BIST RAM Architecture with Self Repair Capabilities [PDF]
The emerging field of self-repair computing is expected to have a major impact on deployable systems for space missions and defense applications, where high reliability, availability, and serviceability are needed.
Benso, Alfredo +3 more
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Microfluidics technology plays an important role in modern analytical instruments, while the modular design of microfluidics facilitates the reconfiguration of analytical instrument functions, making it possible to deploy on-demand systems in the field ...
Xiaochen Lai +3 more
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Automatically generating adaptive logic to balance non-functional tradeoffs during reconfiguration [PDF]
Increasingly, high-assurance software systems apply selfreconfiguration in order to satisfy changing functional and non-functional requirements. Most self-reconfiguration approaches identify a target system configuration to provide the desired system ...
Andres J. Ramirez +3 more
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Design, Fabrication, and Control Algorithm of Self-Reconfigurable Modular Intelligent Vehicles
Self-reconfigurable vehicles are able to transform into new formations on the basis of mutual communication and positioning so as to adapt to a new environment and new tasks.
Jing Zhou +6 more
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A distributed and morphology-independent strategy for adaptive locomotion in self-reconfigurable modular robots [PDF]
In this paper, we present a distributed reinforcement learning strategy for morphology-independent life-long gait learning for modular robots. All modules run identical controllers that locally and independently optimize their action selection based on ...
Christensen, David Johan +2 more
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A Combined Frame Difference and Convolution Method for Moving Vehicle Detection in Satellite Videos
To address the challenges of missed detections caused by insufficient shape and texture features and blurred boundaries in existing detection methods, this paper introduces a novel moving vehicle detection approach for satellite videos.
Xin Luo +3 more
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Modeling the fractal development of modular robots
Modeling and controlling self-reconfiguration of modular robots is still a challenging problem in the field of distributed control. The two main constrains are the design of target shapes and the absence of global state for decentralized modules.
Dongyang Bie +4 more
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A Framework for Taxonomy and Evaluation of Self-Reconfigurable Robotic Systems
Self-reconfigurable robots have been proposed for a quite long period and in large numbers. However, there are very few systematic methodologies proposed to categorize and evaluate such kinds of robots.
Ning Tan +3 more
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