This article presents a review on trends in modular reconfigurable robots, comparing the
evolution of the features of the most significant robots over the years and focusing on the …

This paper presents a survey on mobile robots as systems that can move in different
environments with walking, flying and swimming up to solutions that combine those …

This paper proposes a new robotic platform based on origami robots and reconfigurable
modular robots. The concept combines the advantages of both robot types into a mobile …

Self-reconfigurable robots have been proposed for a quite long period and in large
numbers. However, there are very few systematic methodologies proposed to categorize …

This paper presents ChainFORM: a linear, modular, actuated hardware system as a novel
type of shape changing interface. Using rich sensing and actuation capability, this modular …

The vision behind this paper looks ahead to evolutionary robot systems where morphologies
and controllers are evolved together and 'newborn'robots undergo a learning process to …

The goal of this research is to develop a generic earthworm-like locomotion robot model
consisting of a large number of segments in series and based on which to systematically …

We consider programmable matter as a collection of simple computational elements (or
particles) with limited (constant-size) memory that self-organize to solve system-wide …

Reconfigurable robots provide an attractive option for cleaning tasks, thanks to their better
area coverage and adaptability to changing environment. However, the ability to change …

The challenge of robotic reproduction–making of new robots by recombining two existing
ones–has been recently cracked and physically evolving robot systems have come within …