Programming for modular reconfigurable robots

• Published in: Programming and computer software Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 13 - 23
• Main Authors: Gorbenko, A. A., Popov, V. Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.01.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science; Configurations; Graph matching; Modular systems; Modular units; Modules; Operating Systems; Reconfiguration; Robots; Software Engineering; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Composed of multiple modular robotic units, self-reconfigurable modular robots are metamorphic systems that can autonomously rearrange the modules and form different configurations depending on dynamic environments and tasks. The goal of self-reconfiguration is to determine how to change connectivit...