A semi-autonomous replicating robotic system

Author

Suthakorn, Jackrit ; Kwon, Yong T. ; Chirikjian, Gregory S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

16-20 July 2003

Firstpage

776

Abstract

The concept of self-replicating machines was introduced more than fifty years ago by John van Neumann. However, a fully autonomous self-replicating robot has yet to be implemented. This paper discusses our ongoing research on self-replicating robots. Here we describe a semi-autonomous prototype that can demonstrate replication under human supervision. This work builds on our previous results in remote-controlled robotic replication with the added feature that many subtasks in the replication process are now autonomously performed by the robot. We believe this to be an important step in the realization of fully autonomous self-replicating robots.

Keywords

multi-robot systems; prototypes; self-adjusting systems; telecontrol; prototype; remote controlled robotic replication; remote-control; self-replicating robots; semiautonomous replicating robotic system; Assembly systems; Humans; Moon; Orbital robotics; Production facilities; Prototypes; Robot vision systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Self-replicating machines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7866-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIRA.2003.1222279

Filename

1222279