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DAGSTUHL
2003
13 years 6 months ago
Self-Reconfigurable Robots: Platforms for Emerging Functionality
We have studied modular self-reconfigurable robots that are capable of changing their overall shape and functionality by automatic recombination of homogenous robotic modules. Our ...
Satoshi Murata, Akiya Kamimura, Haruhisa Kurokawa,...
DARS
2000
Springer
128views Robotics» more  DARS 2000»
13 years 9 months ago
Motion Planning for a Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robotic System
In this paper, we address the issue of motion planning for a bipartite class of modular self-reconfiguring robotic system (I-Cubes) that is a collection of active elements providin...
Cem Ünsal, Han Kiliççöte, ...
DARS
2000
Springer
140views Robotics» more  DARS 2000»
13 years 9 months ago
Micro Self-Reconfigurable Robotic System using Shape Memory Alloy
This paper presents micro self-reconfigurable modular robotic systems using shape memory alloy (SMA). The system is designed so that various shapes can be autonomously formed by a ...
Eiichi Yoshida, Satoshi Murata, Shigeru Kokaji, Ko...
ISER
2000
Springer
84views Robotics» more  ISER 2000»
13 years 8 months ago
Using Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robots for Locomotion
: We discuss the applications of modular self-reconfigurable robots to navigation. We show that greedy algorithms are complete for motion planning over a class of modular reconfigu...
Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus, Marsette Vona
ICRA
2002
IEEE
100views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
13 years 10 months ago
Telecubes: Mechanical Design of a Module for Self-Reconfigurable Robotics
Telecubes is a cubic module that has six prismatic degrees of freedom whose sides can expand more than twice its original length and has the ability to magnetically (de)attach to o...
John W. Suh, Samuel B. Homans, Mark Yim