With increasing demand on reliable robotic platforms that can alleviate the burden of daily
painstaking tasks, researchers have focused their effort towards develo** robotic …

Modular self‐reconfigurable robots present wide and unique solutions for growing demands
in the domains of space exploration, automation, consumer products, and so forth. The …

Abstract Employing Modular Robotic Systems (MRS) in different application domains
confronts a large number of challenging problems in design, optimization, and planning, and …

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 …

In this study, a comprehensive review of achievements in the self‐reconfigurable modular
robotics field and future directions are given. Self‐reconfigurable modular robots (SRMRs) …

The intrinsic modularity and reconfigurability of modular reconfigurable robot (MRR) systems
confer advantages such as versatility, fault tolerance, and economic efficacy, thereby …

This article addresses the problem of how modular robotics systems, ie systems composed
of multiple modules that can be configured into different robotic structures, can learn to …

Modular robots hold the promise of changing their shape and even dimension to adapt to
various tasks and environments. To realize this superiority, it is essential to find the …

Chain-type modular robots are capable of self-reconfiguration (SR), where the connection
relationship between modules is changed according to the environment and tasks. This …

The goal of optimal reconfiguration planning (ORP) is to find a shortest reconfiguration
sequence to transform a modular and reconfigurable robot from an arbitrary configuration …