Self-Reconfigurable Robots For Adaptive And Multifunctional Tasks

Wei-Min Shen. Self-Reconfigurable Robots For Adaptive And Multifunctional Tasks. In Proc. 26th Army Science Conference, Florida, USA, December 2008.

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Abstract

Self-reconfigurable modular robots are metamorphic systems that can autonomously change their logical or physical configurations (such as shapes, sizes or formations), as well as their locomotion and manipulation, based on the mission and the environment in hand. Because of their modularity, versatility, self-healing and low cost reproducibility, such robots provide a flexible approach for achieving complex tasks in unstructured and dynamic environments. This paper gives an overview of an existing self-reconfigurable robots called SuperBot, and describes its control method for diverse behaviors, its self-reconfigurable connectors, and some experimental results for adaptive and multifunctional tasks for Army applications.

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@InProceedings{shen2008self-reconfigurable-robots,
  abstract	= {Self-reconfigurable modular robots are metamorphic systems that can autonomously change their logical or physical configurations (such as shapes, sizes or formations), as well as their locomotion and manipulation, based on the mission and the environment in hand. Because of their modularity, versatility, self-healing and low cost reproducibility, such robots provide a flexible approach for achieving complex tasks in unstructured and dynamic environments. This paper gives an overview of an existing self-reconfigurable robots called SuperBot, and describes its control method for diverse behaviors, its self-reconfigurable connectors, and some experimental results for adaptive and multifunctional tasks for Army applications.},
  address	= {Florida, USA},
  author	= {Wei-Min Shen},
  booktitle	= army-08,
  month		= dec,
  title		= {Self-Reconfigurable Robots For Adaptive And Multifunctional Tasks},
  year		= {2008}
}