Complex Behaviors from Local Rules in Modular Self-reconfigurable Robots
by Jeremy Kubica, Arancha Casal, and Tad Hogg
BibTeX:
@inproceedings{kubica2001a,
author = "Jeremy Kubica and Arancha Casal and Tad Hogg",
title = "Complex Behaviors from Local Rules in Modular Self-reconfigurable Robots",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation",
pages = "360--367",
volume = 1,
month = "May",
year = "2001"
}
Abstract:
We demonstrate how simple local rules, inspired by social insects, produce complex behaviors required for locomotion and navigation in modular self-reconfiguable robots. We show how systems made up of many modules respond dynamically to their environment, such as obstacles during navigation. We present control algorithms tested on simulation experiments of TeleCube, a new modular robot developed at Xerox PARC.