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IJRR
2008
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13 years 9 months ago
Automated Design of Adaptive Controllers for Modular Robots using Reinforcement Learning
Designing distributed controllers for self-reconfiguring modular robots has been consistently challenging. We have developed a reinforcement learning approach which can be used bo...
Paulina Varshavskaya, Leslie Pack Kaelbling, Danie...
ISRR
2001
Springer
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14 years 2 months ago
Stride Period Adaptation for a Biomimetic Running Hexapod
We demonstrate an adaptation strategy for adjusting the stride period in a hexapedal running robot. The robot is inspired by discoveries about the self-stabilizing properties of i...
Jonathan K. Karpick, Jorge G. Cham, Jonathan E. Cl...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
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14 years 4 months ago
A ladybug exploration strategy for distributed adaptive coverage control
— A control strategy inspired by the hunting tactics of ladybugs is presented to simultaneously achieve sensor coverage and exploration of an area with a group of networked robot...
Mac Schwager, Francesco Bullo, David Skelly, Danie...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
121views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
14 years 2 months ago
Modular Modeling and Analysis of a Distributed Production System with Distant Specialised Maintenance
This paper introduces a modular modeling approach for distributed production systems, considering production and maintenance processes synchronization. Thus, production job shop, p...
Daniel I. Racoceanu, Noureddine Zerhouni, Nawal Ad...
TROB
2002
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13 years 9 months ago
Hormone-inspired adaptive communication and distributed control for CONRO self-reconfigurable robots
This paper presents a biologically inspired approach to two basic problems in modular self-reconfigurable robots: adaptive communication in self-reconfigurable and dynamic networks...
Wei-Min Shen, Behnam Salemi, Peter M. Will