Modular robots

M Yim, Y Zhang, D Duff - IEEE Spectrum, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… worth it, especially if one modular robot can adapt to a variety of difficult tasks. Modular robots
should have the most impact … Then we plan to adopt similar solutions in a modular robot. …

Survey on research and development of reconfigurable modular robots

J Liu, X Zhang, G Hao - Advances in Mechanical …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
modular robots, which covers theorigin, history, the state of the art, key technologies, challenges,
and applications ofreconfigurable modular robots. … of reconfigurable modular robots are …

Modular robots

IM Chen, M Yim - Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2016 - Springer
… on self-reconfigurable modular robots typically in a research … in industrial modular robotics
and modular robotics research. … robotic system workcell consisting of three modular robots

Current trends in reconfigurable modular robots design

A Brunete, A Ranganath, S Segovia… - … Advanced Robotic …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… of modular robots in a linear manner. The goal of this article is to (a) describe in detail some
common features of most modular robots, (… on individual features in modular robotics such as …

Evolutionary modular robotics: Survey and analysis

RJ Alattas, S Patel, TM Sobh - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2019 - Springer
… These characteristics allow modular robots to explore unstructured and … modular robotic
promises, this paper reviews current research on evolutionary robotics and modular robots. The …

Heterogeneous teams of modular robots for mapping and exploration

R Grabowski, LE Navarro-Serment, CJJ Paredis… - … Robots, 2000 - Springer
… of robots, we have chosen to develop the Millibots in a modular … Even the mobility platform
is modular and can be selected … module complete with processor and interface circuitry. …

M-blocks: Momentum-driven, magnetic modular robots

JW Romanishin, K Gilpin, D Rus - … on Intelligent Robots and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… been used extensively in space [25] and underwater robotics [26] as well as several earth-bound
applications [27]. We know of only one modular robotic system, the XBot [20], that uses …

Optimizing performance in automation through modular robots

SB Liu, M Althoff - … IEEE International Conference on Robotics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… require robots that can be adapted to changing tasks. We propose to use modular robots
that … This work presents an algorithm for proposing a module composition that is optimal with …

Towards an evolutionary design of modular robots for industry

A Faíña, F Bellas, D Souto, RJ Duro - … Canary Islands, Spain, May 30-June …, 2011 - Springer
… the morphology and control structure for this type of modular systems. In this line, we present
the … in a straight line, for a heterogeneous modular robotic system developed by our group. …

Modular robot systems

K Gilpin, D Rus - IEEE robotics & automation magazine, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… of modular robotics and their connections to programmable matter systems capable of realizing
arbitrarily shapes on demand. The goal shape may be a robot … to versatile robots that can …