[HTML][HTML] Soft robotics: Challenges and perspectives

F Iida, C Laschi - Procedia Computer Science, 2011‏ - Elsevier
There has been an increasing interest in the use of unconventional materials and
morphologies in robotic systems because the underlying mechanical properties (such as …

Modular and reconfigurable mobile robotics

P Moubarak, P Ben-Tzvi - Robotics and autonomous systems, 2012‏ - Elsevier
With increasing demand on reliable robotic platforms that can alleviate the burden of daily
painstaking tasks, researchers have focused their effort towards develo** robotic …

Multiple mobile robot systems

LE Parker, D Rus, GS Sukhatme - Springer handbook of robotics, 2016‏ - Springer
Within the context of multiple mobile, and networked robot systems, this chapter explores the
current state of the art. After a brief introduction, we first examine architectures for multirobot …

[كتاب][B] Developmental robotics: From babies to robots

A Cangelosi, M Schlesinger - 2015‏ - books.google.com
A comprehensive overview of an interdisciplinary approach to robotics that takes direct
inspiration from the developmental and learning phenomena observed in children's …

M-blocks: Momentum-driven, magnetic modular robots

JW Romanishin, K Gilpin, D Rus - 2013 IEEE/RSJ international …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we describe a novel self-assembling, self-reconfiguring cubic robot that uses
pivoting motions to change its intended geometry. Each individual module can pivot to move …

3D M-Blocks: Self-reconfiguring robots capable of locomotion via pivoting in three dimensions

JW Romanishin, K Gilpin, S Claici… - 2015 IEEE International …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the mechanical design of a modular robot called the 3D M-Block, a
50mm cubic module capable of both independent and lattice-based locomotion. The first M …

Resilient robots: Concept, review, and future directions

T Zhang, W Zhang, MM Gupta - Robotics, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
This paper reviews recent developments in the emerging field of resilient robots and the
related robots that share common concerns with them, such as self-reconfigurable robots …

A systems approach to evolutionary multiobjective structural optimization and beyond

Y **, B Sendhoff - IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 2009‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have shown to be effective in solving a wide
range of test problems. However, it is not straightforward to apply MOEAs to complex real …

Roombots: A hardware perspective on 3D self-reconfiguration and locomotion with a homogeneous modular robot

A Spröwitz, R Moeckel, M Vespignani, S Bonardi… - Robotics and …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
In this work we provide hands-on experience on designing and testing a self-reconfiguring
modular robotic system, Roombots (RB), to be used among others for adaptive furniture. In …

Modular robot systems

K Gilpin, D Rus - IEEE robotics & automation magazine, 2010‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have presented a detailed retrospective on modular robots and discussed connections
between modular robots and programmable matter. This field has seen a great deal of …