@InProceedings{	  khoshnevis2001reconnectable-joints-for-self-reconfigurable-robots,
  abstract	= {Self-reconfigurable robots are modular robots that can
		  dynamically and intelligently reconfigure their shape and
		  size to accomplish difficult missions. To build such
		  robots, however, a number of technical challenges must be
		  overcome. One critical problem is the design and
		  implementation of the reconnectable joints (also called
		  connectors), which allows modules to autonomously connect
		  and disconnect from one another. Such a mechanism must be
		  power efficient, reliable, and compact (the mechanism must
		  fit into a tight space). This paper gives an overview of
		  the CONRO self-reconfigurable robots, and focuses on the
		  reconnectable joints of the CONRO modules. The paper
		  identifies a set of desired features and operation
		  constraints for the joints, and describes our current
		  design for the connectors.},
  author	= {Behrokh Khoshnevis and R. Kovac and Wei-Min Shen and Peter
		  Will},
  booktitle	= iros-01,
  pages		= {584--589},
  title		= {Reconnectable Joints for Self-Reconfigurable Robots},
  year		= {2001}
}