Abstract Recently, Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) have attained considerable recognition
because of their efficiency and applicability in different types of real-life applications. This …

Both the free and open source software (FOSS) as well as the distributed digital
manufacturing of free and open source hardware (FOSH) has shown particular promise …

We describe a method for automatically building structures from stacked, irregularly shaped
objects. This is a simplified model for the problem of building dry stacked structures (ie no …

This paper presents a first low-cost autonomous robotic system for underwater assembly of
mortarless structures. The long-term goal is to enable the construction of large-scale …

Technologies from open source projects have seen widespread adoption in robotics in
recent years. The rapid pace of progress in robotics is in part fueled by open source projects …

We present a construction model that allows robots with different construction capabilities,
using materials of different physical properties and sizes, to modify unstructured …

Self-organized groups of robots have generally coordinated their behaviors using quite
simple social interactions. Although simple interactions are sufficient for some group …

Building structures is a remarkable collective process but its automation remains an open
challenge. Robot swarms provide a promising solution to this challenge. However, collective …

This paper demonstrates a swarm robotics construction system where the intelligence that
coordinates construction has been moved from the robots to an advanced building material …

As our contribution to the effort of developing methods to make robots more adaptive and
robust to dynamic environments, we have proposed our method of 'minimal surprise'in a …