EECS Publication
A Chronological Survey of Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots
Kristy S. Van Hornweder
Since the late 1980's, many systems of self-reconfigurable robots have been developed. This report gives a chronological survey of many of these projects, and discusses several interesting features and capabilities of the robotic modules and structures. An overview of each robot system is presented, highlighting the most interesting aspects of the system. Following the survey of the various robot projects, a general discussion of self-reconfigurable robots is given, summarizing the main features and concerns of physical characteristics of self-reconfigurable robots and their modules, mechanisms of locomotion and reconfiguration, capabilities and applications of selfreconfigurable robots, and challenges for self-reconfigurable robot research.
Published 2011-09-27 04:00:00 as ut-cs-11-679 (ID:41)