A review of coupling mechanism designs for modular reconfigurable robots

W Saab, P Racioppo, P Ben-Tzvi - Robotica, 2019 - cambridge.org
With the increasing demands for versatile robotic platforms capable of performing a variety
of tasks in diverse and uncertain environments, the needs for adaptable robotic structures …

A genderless coupling mechanism with six-degrees-of-freedom misalignment capability for modular self-reconfigurable robots

W Saab, P Ben-Tzvi - Journal of Mechanisms and …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the design and integration of a genderless coupling mechanism for
modular self-reconfigurable mobile robots. Modular self-reconfigurable mobile robotic …

Mobile robot obstacle avoidance based on deep reinforcement learning

S Feng, H Ren, X Wang… - … and Information in …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Obstacle avoidance is one of the core problems in the field of mobile robot autonomous
navigation. This paper aims to solve the obstacle avoidance problem using Deep …

Traversability Estimation Techniques for Improved Navigation of Tracked Mobile Robots

B Sebastian - 2019 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
The focus of this dissertation is to improve autonomous navigation in unstructured terrain
conditions, with specific application to unmanned casualty extraction in disaster scenarios …

A Hybrid Tracking Approach for Autonomous Docking in Self-Reconfigurable Robotic Modules

SS Sohal - 2019 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Active docking in modular robotic systems has received a lot of interest recently as it allows
small versatile robotic systems to coalesce and achieve the structural benefits of larger …