A Review and Evaluation of Control Architectures for Modular Legged and Climbing Robots

C Prados, M Hernando, E Gambao, A Brunete - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Robotic control is a fundamental part of autonomous robots. Modular legged and climbing
robots are complex machines made up of a variety of subsystems, ranging from a single …

Modman: an advanced reconfigurable manipulator system with genderless connector and automatic kinematic modeling algorithm

A Yun, D Moon, J Ha, S Kang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the current trend of dwindling life cycle of production, necessity of systems with high-
adaptability is on the rise. With their high adaptability and easy maintenance, reconfigurable …

Toward a plug-and-work reconfigurable cobot

E Romiti, J Malzahn, N Kashiri… - IEEE/ASME …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ongoing trend from mass-produced to mass-customized products with batch sizes as
small as a single unit has highlighted the need for highly adaptable robotic systems with …

An optimal architectural design for unconventional modular reconfigurable manipulation system

A Dogra, S Sekhar Padhee… - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Modular and reconfigurable manipulators have gained popularity especially in the service
sector, where the use of customized configurations has increased. Adaptable modular …

Rectilinear tasks optimization of a modular serial metamorphic manipulator

NA Stravopodis, VC Moulianitis - Journal of …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper proposes a method for optimizing rectilinear tasks on a 3 degrees-of-freedom
(DoF) modular serial metamorphic manipulator. The overall experimental process was …

A modular manipulator for industrial applications: Design and implement

Y Liu, H Xu, C Geng, G Chen - 2017 2nd International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to solve the problem that the long cycle and the repetitive work in the process of
designing the industrial robot, a modular manipulator system developed for general …

Optimal architecture planning of modules for reconfigurable manipulators

A Dogra, SS Padhee, E Singla - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
Modules are requisite for the realization of modular reconfigurable manipulators. The design
of modules in literature mainly revolves around geometric aspects and features such as …

Configuration Optimization of a Dual-Arm Reconfigurable Space Robot Based on Closed-Chain Inertia Matching

Z Xue, J Liu, Y Li, J Liu - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dual-arm space robot usually forms a closed-chain constraint system with a target
through collaborative operations when performing tasks. Most previous related research has …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental Investigation of Free-Motion Task Implementation on a Serial Metamorphic Manipulator

N Stravopodis, V Moulianitis - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The findings of this study contribute to the development of more
versatile robotic systems capable of efficiently performing complex dynamic tasks in variable …

Metamorphic Manipulators

C Valsamos, N Stravopodis, V Moulianitis… - Robot Design: From …, 2022 - Springer
Metamorphic robotic manipulator systems have been proposed in the relevant literature as a
design paradigm able to enhance multiple aspects of robotic manipulator systems, such as …