Title :
Walk on the wild side [modular robot motion]
Author :
Yim, Mark ; Duff, David G. ; Roufas, Kimon D.
Author_Institution :
Palo Alto Res. Center, Smart Electro-Mech. Syst. Area, Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Designers of the PolyBot robot system solve the challenges of locomotion by mimicking locomotion in the animal world. PolyBot is a robot system made of many repeated simple modules. These modules can be connected together to form a variety of shapes to form a new system enabling a variety of functionalities.
Keywords :
legged locomotion; multi-robot systems; PolyBot robot system; animal locomotion; modular robot motion; Animals; Buildings; Costs; Distributed computing; Earthquakes; Organisms; Robotics and automation; Robots; Robustness; Shape;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MRA.2002.1160071
