Title :
Emulating self-reconfigurable robots - design of the SMORES system
Author :
Davey, Jay ; Kwok, Ngai ; Yim, Mark
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. & Manuf. Eng., Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Self-reconfigurable robots are capable of changing their shape to suit a task. The design of one system called SMORES (Self-assembling MOdular Robot for Extreme Shape-shifting) is introduced. This system is capable of rearranging its modules in all three classes of reconfiguration; lattice style, chain style and mobile reconfiguration. This system is capable of emulating many of the other existing systems and promises to be a step towards a universal modular robot.
Keywords :
robots; self-adjusting systems; SMORES system; chain style reconfiguration; lattice style reconfiguration; mobile reconfiguration; selfassembling modular robot for extreme shape-shifting; selfreconfigurable robots; universal modular robot; Connectors; Gears; Lattices; Mobile communication; Robot kinematics; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vilamoura
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1737-5
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2012.6385845
