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 presents a review on trends in modular reconfigurable robots, comparing the
evolution of the features of the most significant robots over the years and focusing on the …

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

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 …

The growing complexity of real-world problems has motivated computer scientists to search
for efficient problem-solving methods. Metaheuristics based on evolutionary computation …

The field of modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems addresses the design, fabrication,
motion planning, and control of autonomous kinematic machines with variable morphology …

In this paper, a novel robotic system called modular transformer (M-TRAN) is proposed. M-
TRAN is a distributed, self-reconfigurable system composed of homogeneous robotic …

The design of a hyper-redundant serial-linkage snake robot is the focus of this paper. The
snake, which consists of many fully enclosed actuators, incorporates a modular architecture …

In two editions spanning more than a decade, The Electrical Engineering Handbook stands
as the definitive reference to the multidisciplinary field of electrical engineering. Our …

In this paper, we discuss the self-assembling capabilities of the swarm-bot, a distributed
robotics concept that lies at the intersection between collective and self-reconfigurable …