This article reviews the current state of the art in the development of modular reconfigurable
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This paper surveys various applications of artificial evolution in the field of modular robots.
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Snake robots have advantages of terrain adaptability over wheeled mobile robots and
traditional articulated robot arms because of their limbless thin body structure and high …

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 …

A comprehensive introduction to new approaches in artificial intelligence and robotics that
are inspired by self-organizing biological processes and structures. New approaches to …

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 …

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 …

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

The concept of a cellular robot that is capable of reconfiguring itself is reviewed. This" self-
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