Modular reconfigurable robotics

J Seo, J Paik, M Yim - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the current state of the art in the development of modular reconfigurable
robot (MRR) systems and suggests promising future research directions. A wide variety of …

Evolutionary modular robotics: Survey and analysis

RJ Alattas, S Patel, TM Sobh - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2019‏ - Springer
This paper surveys various applications of artificial evolution in the field of modular robots.
Evolutionary robotics aims to design autonomous adaptive robots automatically that can …

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 …

Self-reconfigurable multilegged robot swarms collectively accomplish challenging terradynamic tasks

Y Ozkan-Aydin, DI Goldman - Science Robotics, 2021‏ - science.org
Swarms of ground-based robots are presently limited to relatively simple environments,
which we attribute in part to the lack of locomotor capabilities needed to traverse complex …

Autonomous self-assembly in swarm-bots

R Groß, M Bonani, F Mondada… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we discuss the self-assembling capabilities of the< emphasis emphasistype="
boldital"> swarm-bot</emphasis>, a distributed robotics concept that lies at the intersection …

Robot pebbles: One centimeter modules for programmable matter through self-disassembly

K Gilpin, A Knaian, D Rus - 2010 IEEE International …, 2010‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design, fabrication, and experimental results of a programmable
matter system capable of 2D shape formation through subtraction. The system is composed …

Morphological change in machines accelerates the evolution of robust behavior

J Bongard - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011‏ - pnas.org
Most animals exhibit significant neurological and morphological change throughout their
lifetime. No robots to date, however, grow new morphological structure while behaving. This …

Biological robots: Perspectives on an emerging interdisciplinary field

D Blackiston, S Kriegman, J Bongard, M Levin - Soft robotics, 2023‏ - liebertpub.com
Advances in science and engineering often reveal the limitations of classical approaches
initially used to understand, predict, and control phenomena. With progress, conceptual …

SMORES-EP, a modular robot with parallel self-assembly

C Liu, Q Lin, H Kim, M Yim - Autonomous Robots, 2023‏ - Springer
Self-assembly of modular robotic systems enables the construction of complex robotic
configurations to adapt to different tasks. This paper presents a framework for SMORES …

Miche: Modular shape formation by self-disassembly

K Gilpin, K Kotay, D Rus… - The International Journal …, 2008‏ - journals.sagepub.com
We describe the design, implementation and programming of a set of robots that, starting
from an amorphous arrangement, can be assembled into arbitrary shapes and then …