Fable: Design of a modular robotic playware platform

Author

Pacheco, Marquidia ; Moghadam, M. ; Magnusson, A. ; Silverman, B. ; Lund, Henrik Hautop ; Christensen, David Johan

Author_Institution

Center for Playware, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2013

fDate

6-10 May 2013

Firstpage

544

Lastpage

550

Abstract

We are developing the Fable modular robotic system as a playware platform that will enable non-expert users to develop robots ranging from advanced robotic toys to robotic solutions to problems encountered in their daily lives. This paper presents the mechanical design of Fable: a chain-based system composed of reconfigurable heterogeneous modules with a reliable and scalable connector. Furthermore, this paper describes tests where the connector design is tested with children, and presents examples of a moving snake and a quadruped robot, as well as an interactive upper humanoid torso.

Keywords

computer games; design engineering; robot dynamics; robot programming; Fable modular robotic system; chain-based system; interactive upper humanoid torso; mechanical design; modular robotic playware platform; moving snake; quadruped robot; reconfigurable heterogeneous modules; reliable connector; robot development; robotic toys; scalable connector; Connectors; Joining processes; Joints; Legged locomotion; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5641-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630627

Filename

6630627