TY - CHAP
T1 - Robotic metamorphosis
AU - Murata, Satoshi
AU - Kurokawa, Haruhisa
PY - 2012/4/27
Y1 - 2012/4/27
N2 - M-TRAN is a three dimensional modular robotic system, havingfeatures of lattice-type and chain-type systems; it can self-reconfigure as a lattice-type modular robot, and can make versatile robotic motions as a chain-type modular robot. In this chapter, we discuss its lattice-type features: design principles, metamorphosis by small numbers of modules, and distributed self-reconfiguration by large numbers of modules. Throughout this section, the term "metamorphosis" is used interchangeably with the term "self-reconfiguration".
AB - M-TRAN is a three dimensional modular robotic system, havingfeatures of lattice-type and chain-type systems; it can self-reconfigure as a lattice-type modular robot, and can make versatile robotic motions as a chain-type modular robot. In this chapter, we discuss its lattice-type features: design principles, metamorphosis by small numbers of modules, and distributed self-reconfiguration by large numbers of modules. Throughout this section, the term "metamorphosis" is used interchangeably with the term "self-reconfiguration".
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U2 - 10.1007/978-4-431-54055-7_7
DO - 10.1007/978-4-431-54055-7_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84860147401
SN - 9784431540540
T3 - Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
SP - 131
EP - 171
BT - Self-Organizing Robots
ER -