"Modular Reconfigurable Robots ~M-TRAN"

10/3/2003: 10:30am - 12:00pm
11th Floor Large Conference Room

Abstract: We have been studying modular robotic system in order to show feasible form of self-reconfigurable system. In this talk, M-TRAN(modular transformer) system is depicted among them. This system is made of homogeneous robotic modules. It is a self- contained module includes micro-processors, actuators, sensors, battery and inter-module communication. By combining primitive motion segments such as rotating axis, attaching/detaching connection, an aggregation of M-TRAN modules can be metamorphose into various robotic configuration, and also generate a coordinated motion such as walking and crawling. The following topics will be discussed in the talk. 1) Hardware improvement of M-TRAN. 2) Reconfiguration planning between different shapes. 3) Sensor based reconfiguration (self-repair, adaptation, etc.) 4) Multi-robot interaction (self-division, replication, etc.)

About Satoshi Murata,: Satoshi Murata Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science Tokyo Institute of Technology URL: http://www.mrt.dis.titech.ac.jp 1984 B.E., 1986 M.E., 1997 Dr. Eng., Aeronautical Engineering, Nagoya University 1986 Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 1994 Senior Researcher 1998-99 Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University 2001- Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology Member of IEEE, SICE, JSME, RSJ

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