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Emergent structures in modular self-reconfigurable robots

Proceedings 2000 ICRA. Millennium Conference. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Symposia Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37065), 2002
We demonstrate how simple local sensing and control rules achieve useful emergent behaviors in modular self-reconfigurable (metamorphic) robots. Our biologically inspired approach grows structures with the desired functionality even though the final shapes have some unspecified random variation.
Hristo Bojinov, Arancha Casal, Tad Hogg
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Modular Self Reconfigurable Robotic Systems

Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2020
Modular Self-Reconfigurable robot (MSR) is a combinational system of independent and identical robotic modules. An MSR can further reconstitute itself out of the identical building units for adaptability to task-oriented functions and changing environment. An overview of the taxonomy related to the building of MSR modules has been discussed.
Nandini Kaushik, Vrinatri Velentina Boro, Manoj Soni, Pooja Bhati   +3 more
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Review of the modular self reconfigurable robotic systems

2015 10th International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control (RoMoCo), 2015
Modular Self-Reconfigurable robot (MSR) is a system composed of a group, connected together identical modules, resulting structure can carry out specific, even complicated tasks. Such design allows for easy reconfiguration of the robot and its structure in order to continuously adapt it to the current needs or tasks, without the use of additional tools.
Jacek Feczko, Michal Manka, Pawel Król, Mariusz Giergiel, Tadeusz Uhl, Andrzej Pietrzyk   +5 more
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A language and generalization of modular self-reconfigurable robots

Proceedings 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation. Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation for the New Millennium (Cat. No.03EX694), 2004
This paper introduces the concept of generalizing modular self-reconfigurable robot (MSR) modules. It proposes a framework for an MSR description language (MSRDL) for the design, simulation and control of all MSRs based on the proposed concept of a generalized MSR module.
W. W. H. Yu, Qiong Wu
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Concept of self-reconfigurable modular robotic system

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, 2001
Abstract We present a concept of novel self-reconfigurable robotic system made of homogeneous autonomous robotic modules. Each robotic module has only two DOF, however a group of this module is able to change its connective configuration by changing their local connections.
Satoshi Murata, Eiichi Yoshida, Haruhisa Kurokawa, Kohji Tomita, Shigeru Kokaji   +4 more
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Modular structure of a self-reconfigurable robot

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering in China, 2007
This paper proposes a novel, hermaphroditic, and lattice self-reconfigurable modular robot. Each module is composed of a center body—a cubic part and six sides that can rotate independently. There are two holes and two extensible pegs on each side. The rotary motion of each side and the extensible motion of the pegs are generated by a motor connected ...
Yanqiong Fei, Qinglei Dong, Xifang Zhao
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Using Modular Self-reconfiguring Robots for Locomotion

2007
We discuss the applications of modular self-reconfigurable robots to navigation. We show that greedy algorithms are complete for motion planning over a class of modular reconfigurable robots. We illustrate the application of this result on two self-reconfigurable robot systems we designed and built in our lab: the robotic molecule and the atom.
Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus, Marsette Vona
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Sensor Computations in Modular Self Reconfigurable Robots

2007
Sensors play important roles in automatic systems; smart systems have to be equipped with smart sensors. PolyBot, a modular self-reconfigurable robot developed at the Palo Alto Research Center, is designed with a rich set of sensors in each of its 5 cm-cubed modules. These include infra-red (IR), accelerometers, potentiometers, force, and touch sensors.
Ying Zhang, Kimon Roufas, Craig Eldershaw, Mark Yim, David Duff   +4 more
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Self-reconfigurable Modular Robots and Their Symbolic Configuration Space

2011
Modular and self-reconfigurable robots are a powerful way to design versatile systems that can adapt themselves to different physical environment conditions. Self-reconfiguration is not an easy task since there are numerous possibilities of module organization.
Baarir, Souheib, Hillah, Lom Messan, Kordon, Fabrice, Renault, Etienne   +3 more
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Design of a self-reconfigurable wireless network system for modular self-reconfigurable robots

2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2012
This paper presents a self-reconfigurable multi-hop wireless communication network system for the deformation control of the modular self-reconfigurable robots. The topology and scale of the network is changeable according to the different configuration of the modular robots.
Guifang Qiao, Guangming Song, Jun Zhang 0030, Hongtao Sun, Jian Ge, Weiguo Wang   +5 more
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