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A Self-reconfigurable Robot M-Lattice

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Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 (IAS 2016)

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Modular robotic systems consists of more than one modules that are homogeneous and this paper proposes a novel structure design of modular robots called M-Lattice, which stands out for its load-capacity and high efficiency in self-reconfiguration. Compressibility of M-Lattice is guaranteed by the topological structure and the amount of compression has been calculated. The motion space indicates that different types of motion can be accomplished without interference. Two prototypes have been made to verify the motion ability of the modules and experiment shows the motion process of M-Lattice system.

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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1401240,61473192,61075086), National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB046302) and the medical cross Fund Project at SJTU (Grant No.YG2012MS53).

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Tian, S., Yang, Z., Fu, Z., Zheng, H. (2017). A Self-reconfigurable Robot M-Lattice. In: Chen, W., Hosoda, K., Menegatti, E., Shimizu, M., Wang, H. (eds) Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14. IAS 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 531. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_41

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