Paper Info
Title
Sambot: A self-assembly modular robot for swarm robot
Abstract
This paper presents a novel self-assembly modular robot (Sambot) that also shares characteristics with self-reconfigurable and self-assembly and swarm robots. Each Sambot can move autonomously and connect with the others. Multiple Sambot can be self-assembled to form a robotic structure, which can be reconfigured into different configurable robots and can locomote. A novel mechanical design is described to realize function of autonomous motion and docking. Introducing embedded mechatronics integrated technology, whole actuators, sensors, microprocessors, power and communication unit are embedded in the module. The Sambot is compact and flexible, the overall size is 80×80×102mm. The preliminary self-assembly and self-reconfiguration of Sambot is discussed, and several possible configurations consisting of multiple Sambot are designed in simulation environment. At last, the experiment of self-assembly and self-reconfiguration and locomotion of multiple Sambot has been implemented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509214
ICRA
Keywords
Field
DocType
sambot robot,microprocessors,motion control,microprocessor chips,docking function,self-assembly characteristics,microsensors,robot mechanical design,power unit,mobile robots,self-assembly modular robot,autonomous motion function,communication unit,self-reconfigurable characteristics,swarm robot,actuators,embedded mechatronics integrated technology,sensors,microactuators,mechatronics,mechanism design,gears,self assembly,swarm robotics
Motion control,Swarm behaviour,Control engineering,Modular design,Engineering,Mechatronics,Robot,Mobile robot,Actuator,Swarm robotics
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2010
1
1050-4729 E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-5040-4
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-5040-4
14
0.73
References 
Authors
6
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hongxing Wei110122.41
Yingpeng Cai2181.18
Haiyuan Li3171.81
Dezhong Li4211.56
Tianmiao Wang532268.45