Using Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robots for Locomotion

: We discuss the applications of modular self-reconfigurable robots to navigation. We show that greedy algorithms are complete for motion planning over a class of modular reconfigurable robots. We illustrate the application of this result on two self-reconfigurable robot systems we designed and built in our lab: the robotic molecule and the atom. We describe the modules and our locomotion experiments.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: ISER
• Authors: Keith Kotay, Daniela Rus, Marsette Vona
• Keywords: ISER 2000, Modular Reconfigurable Robots, Modular Self-reconfigurable Robots, Robotics, Self-reconfigurable Robot