DocumentCode
2034058
Title
A physical implementation of the self-reconfiguring crystalline robot
Author
Rus, Daniela ; Vona, Marsette
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
1726
Abstract
We discuss a physical implementation of the crystalline robot system. Crystalline robots consist of modules that can aggregate together to form distributed robot systems. Crystalline modules are actuated by expanding and contracting each unit. This actuation mechanism permits automated shape metamorphosis. We describe the crystalline module concept and a physical implementation of a robot system with ten units. We describe experiments with this robot
Keywords
robots; automated shape metamorphosis; crystalline module; distributed robot systems; self-reconfiguring crystalline robot; Aggregates; Computational geometry; Computer science; Crystallization; Educational institutions; Muscles; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Shape;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Automation, 2000. Proceedings. ICRA '00. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
1050-4729
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5886-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844845
Filename
844845
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