TY - GEN
T1 - SheetBot
T2 - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2012
AU - Kano, Takeshi
AU - Watanabe, Yuki
AU - Ishiguro, Akio
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Autonomous decentralized control is a key concept for the realization of highly adaptive behavior. However, universal design of autonomous decentralized control that ensures rich adaptability is still lacking. In this study, we tackle this problem through the development of a two-dimensional sheet-like robot, SheetBot. The SheetBot is a suitable model system for the establishment of universal design principles for autonomous decentralized control, because it can bend reasonably to the circumstances encountered due to its large surface area, and also because its applications are widely expected. To realize highly adaptive locomotion with SheetBot, we are inspired by the decentralized control scheme of the scaffold-based locomotion of snakes. We extend this design scheme to a two-dimensional bodily structure on the basis of a continuum model. Simulation results show that SheetBot can locomote on various kinds of irregular terrain with minimal control inputs by implementing the proposed autonomous decentralized control scheme.
AB - Autonomous decentralized control is a key concept for the realization of highly adaptive behavior. However, universal design of autonomous decentralized control that ensures rich adaptability is still lacking. In this study, we tackle this problem through the development of a two-dimensional sheet-like robot, SheetBot. The SheetBot is a suitable model system for the establishment of universal design principles for autonomous decentralized control, because it can bend reasonably to the circumstances encountered due to its large surface area, and also because its applications are widely expected. To realize highly adaptive locomotion with SheetBot, we are inspired by the decentralized control scheme of the scaffold-based locomotion of snakes. We extend this design scheme to a two-dimensional bodily structure on the basis of a continuum model. Simulation results show that SheetBot can locomote on various kinds of irregular terrain with minimal control inputs by implementing the proposed autonomous decentralized control scheme.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224833
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224833
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84864422889
SN - 9781467314039
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 3733
EP - 3738
BT - 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2012
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 14 May 2012 through 18 May 2012
ER -