{"id":269,"date":"2017-12-28T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/N3W\/?p=269"},"modified":"2018-01-02T22:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T22:51:00","slug":"distributed-locomotion-algorithms-for-self-reconfigurable-robots-operating-on-rough-terrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Distributed locomotion algorithms for self-reconfigurable robots operating on rough terrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #b4b89e;\"><strong>DISTRIBUTED LOCOMOTION ALGORITHMS FOR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS OPERATING ON ROUGH TERRAIN<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-right: 22px;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0In this paper, we describe a set of distributed\u00a0algorithms for self-reconfiguring modular robots\u00a0that allow them to explore an area in parallel. The algorithms\u00a0are based on geometric rules that each module\u00a0evaluates independently relative to its local neighborhood.\u00a0This paper concentrates on developing algorithms\u00a0within this framework to enable travel over the widest<br \/>\nvariety of terrain. In particular, we show how to perform\u00a0straight-line motion, turning while on obstacles, climbing over tall obstacles, and tunneling under overhangs, all of which work for groups of arbitrary size. This last\u00a0feature is important, as it also allows a large system\u00a0of self-reconfiguring modules to divide up into several\u00a0groups of various sizes, each of which is equally capable\u00a0of motion and participation in the overall group task.\u00a0We also discuss implementations and ways to improve\u00a0efficiency and switching between tasks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rit.edu\/~zjb\/pubs\/cira03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISTRIBUTED LOCOMOTION ALGORITHMS FOR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS OPERATING ON ROUGH TERRAIN Abstract:\u00a0In this paper, we describe a set of distributed\u00a0algorithms for self-reconfiguring modular robots\u00a0that allow them to explore an area in parallel. The algorithms\u00a0are based on geometric rules that each module\u00a0evaluates independently relative to its local neighborhood.\u00a0This paper concentrates on developing algorithms\u00a0within this framework to enable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pdf-ppt-files","category-spotlight-post-pdf-ppt-files"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfreconfigurable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}