Mergeable nervous systems for robots
العنوان: | Mergeable nervous systems for robots |
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المؤلفون: | Anders Lyhne Christensen, Marco Dorigo, Nithin Mathews, Francesco Mondada, Rehan O'Grady |
المصدر: | Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017) Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Nature Communications |
بيانات النشر: | Nature Portfolio, 2017. |
سنة النشر: | 2017 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Self-reconfiguring modular robot, 0209 industrial biotechnology, Computer science, Distributed computing, Science, General Physics and Astronomy, 02 engineering and technology, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 020901 industrial engineering & automation, Control theory, 020204 information systems, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Ant robotics, AISoy1, lcsh:Science, Multidisciplinary, business.industry, General Chemistry, Modular design, Publisher Correction, Ciências Naturais::Outras Ciências Naturais [Domínio/Área Científica], Control system, Robot, lcsh:Q, business, Merge (linguistics) |
الوصف: | Robots have the potential to display a higher degree of lifetime morphological adaptation than natural organisms. By adopting a modular approach, robots with different capabilities, shapes, and sizes could, in theory, construct and reconfigure themselves as required. However, current modular robots have only been able to display a limited range of hardwired behaviors because they rely solely on distributed control. Here, we present robots whose bodies and control systems can merge to form entirely new robots that retain full sensorimotor control. Our control paradigm enables robots to exhibit properties that go beyond those of any existing machine or of any biological organism: the robots we present can merge to form larger bodies with a single centralized controller, split into separate bodies with independent controllers, and self-heal by removing or replacing malfunctioning body parts. This work takes us closer to robots that can autonomously change their size, form and function. Robots that can self-assemble into different morphologies are desired to perform tasks that require different physical capabilities. Mathews et al. design robots whose bodies and control systems can merge and split to form new robots that retain full sensorimotor control and act as a single entity. |
وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2041-1723 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5ae29534f65f6961f0525d8e8018297e https://doaj.org/article/8dc35ed7611540a2a7e54015a273b94a |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....5ae29534f65f6961f0525d8e8018297e |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 20411723 |
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