Towards an Efficient Self-organizing Reconfiguration Method for Self-reconfigurable Robots

This paper deals with the essential technique for self-organizing metamorphosis of self-reconfigurable robots. A general model describing self-reconfigurable robots is proposed; the model is capable of expressing the topological structure of typical 2-D and 3-D self-reconfigurable robots. Afterwards...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of intelligent & robotic systems 2003-08, Vol.37 (4), p.415-425
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Wei, Wang, Shi-gang, Wang, An-lin, Wang, Guo-bao
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper deals with the essential technique for self-organizing metamorphosis of self-reconfigurable robots. A general model describing self-reconfigurable robots is proposed; the model is capable of expressing the topological structure of typical 2-D and 3-D self-reconfigurable robots. Afterwards, a self-organizing metamorphic strategy of self-reconfigurable robots, based on full-discrete local intelligence, is proposed. The modules concurrently process the local interactive information. A reasonable motion sequence for modules can be obtained by means of determining and evolving the rules of modules motion. Consequently, the global self-organizing behavior will be obtained, and the complexity of the algorithm is reduced. Simulation samples are provided to illustrate this approach and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.
ISSN:0921-0296
1573-0409
DOI:10.1023/A:1026198500589