TY - CHAP
T1 - The future of self-organizing robots
AU - Murata, Satoshi
AU - Kurokawa, Haruhisa
PY - 2012/4/27
Y1 - 2012/4/27
N2 - In the chapters so far, we have discussed in detail the design of mechanical systems and robots based on self-organization, from their historical development to specific design examples. The authors hope that these chapters enable the reader to understand that these are fundamentally multiple-module systems that have flexibility that cannot be expected of traditional mechanical systems. In this chapter, we discuss the limitations and future challenges facing self-organizing robots built with electro-mechanical technologies, and then, returning to the philosophy of "design based on self- organization" one last time, consider the goals we should set for self-organizing robots from a relatively long term perspective. One such goal is to make molecular machines that self-organize.
AB - In the chapters so far, we have discussed in detail the design of mechanical systems and robots based on self-organization, from their historical development to specific design examples. The authors hope that these chapters enable the reader to understand that these are fundamentally multiple-module systems that have flexibility that cannot be expected of traditional mechanical systems. In this chapter, we discuss the limitations and future challenges facing self-organizing robots built with electro-mechanical technologies, and then, returning to the philosophy of "design based on self- organization" one last time, consider the goals we should set for self-organizing robots from a relatively long term perspective. One such goal is to make molecular machines that self-organize.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-4-431-54055-7_10
DO - 10.1007/978-4-431-54055-7_10
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84860208597
SN - 9784431540540
T3 - Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics
SP - 235
EP - 246
BT - Self-Organizing Robots
ER -