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Tiled Auxetic Cylinders for Soft Robots [PDF]

open access: yes2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2019
Compliant structures allow robots to overcome environmental challenges by deforming and conforming their bodies. In this paper, we investigate auxetic structures as a means of achieving this compliance for soft robots. Taking a tiling based approach, we fabricate 3D printed cylindrical auxetic structures to create tiled auxetic cylinders (TACs).
Simons, Melanie F.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Tradeoff Between Area Coverage and Energy Usage of a Self-Reconfigurable Floor Cleaning Robot Based on User Preference

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Floor cleaning robots have been developed to cope with the issues arisen with conventional cleaning methods that involve extensive human labor. hTetro is a self-reconfigurable floor cleaning robot that has been introduced to improve area coverage ...
M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

hTetro-Infi: A Reconfigurable Floor Cleaning Robot With Infinite Morphologies

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
The development of floor cleaning robots is an emerging area in robotics. Maximizing the area coverage is a foremost mission for a floor cleaning robot.
S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tackling Area Coverage Problems in a Reconfigurable Floor Cleaning Robot Based on Polyomino Tiling Theory

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2018
Whilst Polyomino tiling theory has been extensively studied as a branch of research in mathematics, its application has been largely confined to multimedia, graphics and gaming domains.
Veerajagadheswar Prabakaran   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Geodetic Normal Distribution Map for Long-Term LiDAR Localization on Earth

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors enable a vehicle to estimate a pose by matching their measurements with a point cloud (PCD) map. However, the PCD map structure, widely used in robot fields, has some problems to be applied for mass production ...
Chansoo Kim   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public entities driven robotic innovation in urban areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cities present new challenges and needs to satisfy and improve lifestyle for their citizens under the concept “Smart City”. In order to achieve this goal in a global manner, new technologies are required as the robotic one.
Bolea Monte, Yolanda   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Efficient Tiling Path Planning in a Tetris-Inspired Self-Reconfigurable Cleaning Robot

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2018
In this study, we aim to optimize and improve the efficiency of a Tetris-inspired reconfigurable cleaning robot. Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) is utilized as a powerful tool to target this aim by introducing the best solution among others in ...
Maryam Kouzehgar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional genomics with a comprehensive library of transposon mutants for the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
UnlabelledThe genomes of sulfate-reducing bacteria remain poorly characterized, largely due to a paucity of experimental data and genetic tools. To meet this challenge, we generated an archived library of 15,477 mapped transposon insertion mutants in the
Arkin, Adam P   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

A Tiling-Theoretic Approach to Efficient Area Coverage in a Tetris-Inspired Floor Cleaning Robot

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2018
Although numerous studies have focused on the development and application of polyomino tiling theories, research of this nature is typically limited to the graphics and gaming fields.
Prabakaran Veerajagadheswar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Path Planning for Reconfigurable hTetro Robot Combining Heat Conduction-Based and Discrete Optimization

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
Self-reconfigurable robots present advanced solutions for various automation applications in domains, e.g., planetary exploration, rescue missions, cleaning, and maintenance.
Huy Do   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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