Self-assembly enables nature to build complex forms, from multicellular organisms to
complex animal structures such as flocks of birds, through the interaction of vast numbers of …

While expected applications of Modular Robotic Systems (MRS) span various workspaces,
scales, and structures, practical implementations of such systems lag behind their potentials …

The world is becoming more digitized with the rise of modular robotic systems. Therefore,
with the increasing demands and needs for robotics, the modular robotic domain was …

Swarm robotics is a novel approach to the coordination of large numbers of relatively simple
robots which takes its inspiration from social insects. This paper proposes a definition to this …

Modular, self-reconfigurable robots show the promise of great versatility, robustness and low
cost. The paper presents examples and issues in realizing those promises. PolyBot is a …

In this paper, a novel robotic system called modular transformer (M-TRAN) is proposed. M-
TRAN is a distributed, self-reconfigurable system composed of homogeneous robotic …

Robots used for tasks in space have strict requirements. Modular reconfigurable robots have
a variety of attributes that are well suited to these conditions, including: serving as many …

Presents a biologically inspired approach to two basic problems in modular self-
reconfigurable robots: adaptive communication in self-reconfigurable and dynamic …

对日本, 美国和中国等国家灾难救援机器人的研究现状和研究计划进行综述. 根据世界各国救援
机器人技术的研究现状, 结合救援机器人在实际应用中取得的经验和教训, 归纳和总结出救援 …

Self-Reconfigurable Robots: An Introduction Page 1 General rights Copyright and moral rights
for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or …