Title
Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots Adaptively Transforming A Mechanical Structure: Algorithm For Adaptive Transformation To Load Condition
Abstract
Self-reconfigurable modular robots are composed of modules which are able to autonomously change the way they are connected. An appropriate control algorithm enables the modular robots to change their shape in order to adapt to their immediate environment. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for adaptive transformation to load condition of the modular robots. The algorithm is based on a simple idea that modules have tendency to gather around stress-concentrated parts and reinforce the parts. As a result of the self-reconfiguration rule, the modular robots form an appropriate structure to stand for the load condition. Applying the algorithm to our modular robot named "CHOBIE II," we show by computer simulation that the modules are able to construct a cantilever structure with avoiding overstressed states.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1155/2011/794251
JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS
Field
DocType
Volume
Control algorithm,Computer science,Simulation,Cantilever,Algorithm,Self-reconfiguring modular robot,Modular design,Robot
Journal
2011
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1687-9600
0
0.34
References 
Authors
11
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yosuke Suzuki1339.31
Norio Inou2265.45
Hitoshi Kimura3609.18
Michihiko Koseki4264.77