Structure synthesis on-the-fly in a modular robot
@article{Revzen2011StructureSO, title={Structure synthesis on-the-fly in a modular robot}, author={Shai Revzen and Mohit Bhoite and Antonio Macasieb and Mark H. Yim}, journal={2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems}, year={2011}, pages={4797-4802} }
We describe a mobile modular robot system that can generate foam to make structural elements. The mobile platform itself is built of CKBot modules and carries extra modules along with a foam generation device. We demonstrate the system synthesizing new robot morphologies: a snake-like robot and a legged robot. We also use the foam structures to encapsulate and pick-up objects and to modify the environment by blocking a door. Our presentation describes the issues that arose in implementing and…
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