VisibleSim: A behavioral simulation framework for lattice modular robots
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DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2021.103913
Abstract: Abstract Simulation is one of the most important tools for robotics research, as it serves several crucial purposes such as prototyping, learning, avoiding dispensable hardware costs, or studying future systems that cannot be fabricated yet.… read more here.
Keywords: visiblesim behavioral; modular robotic; robotics; simulation ... See more keywords
Distributed Prediction of Unsafe Reconfiguration Scenarios of Modular Robotic Programmable Matter
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DOI: 10.1109/tro.2021.3074085
Abstract: We present a distributed framework for predicting whether a planned reconfiguration step of a modular robot will mechanically overload the structure, causing it to break or lose stability under its own weight. The algorithm is… read more here.
Keywords: distributed prediction; prediction unsafe; reconfiguration; programmable matter ... See more keywords
Modular robotic platform for precision neurosurgery with a bio-inspired needle: System overview and first in-vivo deployment
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275686
Abstract: Over the past 10 years, minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has shown significant benefits compared to conventional surgical techniques, with reduced trauma, shorter hospital stays, and shorter patient recovery times. In neurosurgical MIS procedures, inserting a… read more here.
Keywords: system; modular robotic; platform; first vivo ... See more keywords
HexaMob - A Hybrid Modular Robotic Design for Implementing Biomimetic Structures
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DOI: 10.3390/robotics6040027
Abstract: Modular robots are capable of forming primitive shapes such as lattice and chain structures with the additional flexibility of distributed sensing. The biomimetic structures developed using such modular units provides ease of replacement and reconfiguration… read more here.
Keywords: modular robotics; modular robotic; robotics; robotic design ... See more keywords