While researchers envision exciting applications for metamorphic systems like
programmable matter, current solutions to the shape formation problem are still a long way …

In the context of large distributed modular robots, self-reconfiguration is the process of
having modules, seen as autonomous agents, acting together and moving to transform the …

Modular self-reconfigurable robots are composed of independent connected modules which
can self-rearrange their connectivity using processing, communication and motion …

This paper addresses the self-reconfiguration problem in large-scale modular robots for the
purpose of shape formation for object representation. It aims to show that this process can …

We present a distributed framework for predicting whether a planned reconfiguration step of
a modular robot will mechanically overload the structure, causing it to break or lose stability …

The self-reconfiguration of large swarms of modular robotic units from one object into
another is an intricate problem whose critical parameter that must be optimized is the time …

Moving a module in a modular robot is a very complex and error-prone process. Unlike in
swarm, in the modular robots we are targeting, the moving module must keep the connection …

Programmable matter can be seen as a huge modular robot in which each module can
communicate to its connected neighbors and work all together to achieve a common goal …

Modular robots are defined as autonomous kinematic machines with variable morphology.
They are composed of several thousands or even millions of modules which are able to …

Modular robots are automated modules that can change their morphology self-sufficiently
and progressively for control or reconfiguration purposes. Self-reconfiguration is a very …