[HTML][HTML] Modular robotic systems: Methods and algorithms for abstraction, planning, control, and synchronization

H Ahmadzadeh, E Masehian - Artificial Intelligence, 2015 - Elsevier
While expected applications of Modular Robotic Systems (MRS) span various workspaces,
scales, and structures, practical implementations of such systems lag behind their potentials …

Modular robotic systems: Characteristics and applications

H Ahmadzadeh, E Masehian, M Asadpour - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Employing Modular Robotic Systems (MRS) in different application domains
confronts a large number of challenging problems in design, optimization, and planning, and …

Modular snake robot gaits on horizontal pipes

K Melo, L Paez - 2012 IEEE/RSJ international conference on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a comparative analysis of different gaits were done using modular snake
robots. They move along different sizes of horizontal pipes. Pipe sizes were chosen …

Compliant snake robot locomotion on horizontal pipes

M Vespignani, K Melo, M Mutlu… - 2015 IEEE international …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we introduce a body-compliant Modular Snake Robot executing rolling gaits on
different cylindrical geometries. In the state of the art it is considered that an active shape …

Indoor and outdoor parametrized gait execution with modular snake robots

K Melo, L Paez, C Parra - 2012 IEEE International Conference …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This video shows the mechanical structure, module length possibilities, skin options and
some of the locomotion capabilities, including indoor and outdoor demonstrations of …

Modular snake robot velocity for side-winding gaits

K Melo - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers a kinematic model that captures the speed and heading angle of a
modular snake robot performing side-winding gaits. Modular snake robot locomotion is …

Preliminary studies on modular snake robots applied on de-mining tasks

K Melo, L Paez, M Hernandez… - IX Latin American …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses recent developments on Modular Snake Robots suited for
applications on de-mining tasks. Inclusion of robotic platforms on the de-mining process will …

A preliminary review on metrics for modular snake robots locomotion

L Paez, K Melo - … 4th Annual IEEE International Conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Without changing its mechanical structure, a modular snake robot (MSR) can move using
different gaits. In order to evaluate their locomotion, different metrics according to specific …

Challenges in the locomotion of self-reconfigurable modular robots

M Vespignani - 2015 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Abstract Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots (SRMRs) are assemblies of autonomous
robotic units, referred to as modules, joined together using active connection mechanisms …

[PDF][PDF] Simulación e Implementación de Movimientos para Sistema Robótico Modular Considerando Diferentes Configuraciones

L Guzmán, P Natalia, S Galvis… - Trabajo de Grado …, 2016 - repository.unimilitar.edu.co
La necesidad del ser humano de mejorar su calidad de vida lo ha llevado a indagar
mecanismos que le ayuden a ejecutar tareas cotidianas, evitar riesgos y solucionar …