{"id":176,"date":"2017-12-28T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/N3W\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2024-01-08T19:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:34:34","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=176","title":{"rendered":"Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1><strong>SELF CONFIGURABLE MODULAR TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=176\">Articles<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=197\">Blogs &amp; Forums<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=223\">Books<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=245\">Events\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=253\">PDF &amp; PPT Files<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=257\">Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=286\">Videos<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=307\">Websites<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?page_id=331\">Wiki<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\t<h1><strong>ARTICLES <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?p=112\">HowStuffWorks &#8220;How Real Transformers Work&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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A General Classification of the Modular Robots by IEA Robotics<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!--\tThis outputs the post META information -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-utility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links\">Posted in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">Articles by Others<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?cat=17\" rel=\"category\">Spotlight Post - Articles<\/a>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\">\n\t\t\t<span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on A general classification of the modular robots<\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ Post Wrap End -->\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=2125004&amp;u=4012246&amp;m=127600&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/127600\/MiniBannerHeaderFinal2.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- NOTE: If you need to make changes to this file, copy it to your current theme's main\n\tdirectory so your changes won't be overwritten when the plugin is upgraded. -->\n\n<!-- Post Wrap Start-->\n<div class=\"post hentry ivycat-post\">\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post TITLE -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?p=142\">Shape-shifting robot shows off its moves<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\t<!-- \tThis outputs the post EXCERPT.  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