In swarm robotics multiple robots collectively solve problems by forming advantageous
structures and behaviors similar to the ones observed in natural systems, such as swarms of …

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 …

Abstract We propose FACtored Multi-Agent Centralised policy gradients (FACMAC), a new
method for cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning in both discrete and continuous …

This paper proposes a novel modular selfreconfigurable robot (MSRR)" FreeBOT", which
can be connected freely at any point on other robots. FreeBOT is mainly composed of two …

This paper presents the mechanical design of a modular robot called the 3D M-Block, a
50mm cubic module capable of both independent and lattice-based locomotion. The first M …

Self-Reconfigurable Robots: An Introduction Page 1 General rights Copyright and moral rights
for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or …

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

Self-reconfigurable robots have been proposed for a quite long period and in large
numbers. However, there are very few systematic methodologies proposed to categorize …

Modularity is a way of decomposing a big and complex system or product into small, simple,
independent, and manageable modular units that can be easily composed, decomposed …

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 …