@InProceedings{	  shen2003self-assembly-in-space-via-self-reconfigurable-robots,
  abstract	= {Self-assembly systems in space are arguably within the
		  reach of today's technology based on the research and
		  development of self-reconfigurable robots on earth. This
		  paper presents an approach to self-assembly in space by
		  developing: (1) a novel design for intelligent and
		  reconfigurable components; (2) the free-flying
		  ``intelligent fiber/rope'' ``match-maker'' robots with
		  self-reconfigurable and self-adjustable tethering for
		  autonomous docking; and (3) a totally distributed control
		  method for planning, executing, and monitoring the assembly
		  process. These approaches are partially evaluated by a set
		  of experimental and simulation results to simulate the
		  dynamics and control of free-flying objects in zero-gravity
		  environment.},
  address	= {Taiwan},
  author	= {Wei-Min Shen and Peter Will and Behrokh Khoshnevis},
  booktitle	= icra-03,
  month		= sep,
  pages		= {2516--2521},
  title		= {Self-Assembly in Space via Self-Reconfigurable Robots},
  year		= {2003}
}