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 …

Modular self‐reconfigurable robots present wide and unique solutions for growing demands
in the domains of space exploration, automation, consumer products, and so forth. The …

Abstract Employing Modular Robotic Systems (MRS) in different application domains
confronts a large number of challenging problems in design, optimization, and planning, and …

In this work we provide hands-on experience on designing and testing a self-reconfiguring
modular robotic system, Roombots (RB), to be used among others for adaptive furniture. In …

Imagine a world in which our furniture moves around like legged robots, interacts with us,
and changes shape and function during the day according to our needs. This is the long …

Reconfigurable modular robots, which can actively assemble and disassemble on
command, offer the possibility of mesoscale (milliscale and microscale) manufacturing with …

The connection mechanism between neighboring modules is the most critical subsystem of
each module in a modular robot. Here, we describe a strong, lightweight, and solid-state …

In this work we introduce ModQuad-DoF, a modular flying robotic structure with enhanced
capabilities for yaw actuation. We propose a new module design that allows a one degree of …

We present an assembly planning algorithm for constructing planar structures out of
rectangular modular robots which can dock to each other to form a brick wall pattern. The …

This paper presents our work towards a decentralized reconfiguration strategy for self-
reconfiguring modular robots, assembling furniture-like structures from Roombots (RB) …