ROBOTICS: EXOTIC ROBOTS: MODULAR AND FRACTAL ROBOTS
A robot is generally designed for one particular activity, or at best a few closely related activities. This of course isn’t the ideal situation as many jobs require a large number of very different activities. For example, building the walls of a house and installing plumbing and electricity require very different tools and techniques. In practice this means you’ll end up designing either several different robots or a very complicated one…