Title :
Connectivity check for modular self reconfigurable robots
Author :
Subramanian, Ramanathan ; Masek, Martin ; Chang Su Lee
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Security Sci., Edith Cowan Univ., Perth, WA, Australia
Abstract :
A problem in configuring modular self-reconfigurable robots with distributed control is determining whether a module can be moved without breaking the system apart. In finding a set of modules that can be safely moved, the key issues are to maximize the number of mobile modules identified and minimize the time consumed in finding these modules. In this study, a distributed search algorithm is proposed and compared to an existing approach.
Keywords :
distributed algorithms; distributed control; robots; search problems; self-adjusting systems; connectivity check; distributed control; distributed search algorithm; mobile modules; modular self reconfigurable robots; Decentralized control; Educational institutions; Joining processes; Mobile communication; Radiation detectors; Robots; Shape; Modular Self-Reconfigurable (MSR) robots; connectivity-check algorithm; mobility;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON 2013 - 2013 IEEE Region 10 Conference (31194)
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2825-5
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2013.6718991
