• DocumentCode
    580826
  • Title

    ModLock: A manual connector for reconfigurable modular robots

  • Author

    Davey, Jay ; Sastra, Jimmy ; Piccoli, Matt ; Yim, Mark

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Appl. Mech., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7-12 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    3217
  • Lastpage
    3222
  • Abstract
    Connection mechanisms are critical to many modular reconfigurable systems. This paper introduces the ModLock manual connection system which is both easy and fast to attach/detach (requires seconds) as well as strong (failure at 2.2kN tensile load). This low cost, low profile connection system has been demonstrated on a variety of robot configurations including legged walkers, flying quadrotors and wheeled robots.
  • Keywords
    helicopters; mobile robots; reconfigurable architectures; ModLock manual connection system; flying quadrotors; legged walkers; low profile connection system; manual connector; modular reconfigurable systems; reconfigurable modular robots; robot configurations; wheeled robots; Assembly; Connectors; Fasteners; Mobile robots; Steel; Torque;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vilamoura
  • ISSN
    2153-0858
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1737-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.2012.6386190
  • Filename
    6386190
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=580826