Locomotion Capabilities of a Modular Robot with Eight Pitch-Yaw-Connecting Modules

Locomotion Principles of 1D Topology Pitch and Pitch-Yaw-Connecting Modular Robots

Motion of Minimal Configurations of a Modular Robot: Sinusoidal, Lateral Rolling and Lateral Shift

Complex modular robots can be constructed by means of simple modules. There is no geometric superior size to the total number of modules that can be added. The number of possible configurations growth exponentially. However, an inferior limit exists: the minimum number of modules needed to achieve the locomotion. In this paper, three minimal configurations has been developed using only two and ...

Bio-inspired locomotion for a modular snake robot [7321-14]

Inspired by the snake locomotion, modular snake robots have different locomotion capabilities by coordinating their internal degrees of freedom. They have the potential to access restricted spaces where humans cannot go. They can also traverse rough terrains while conventional wheeled and legged robots cannot. Modular robots have other features including versatility, robustness, low-cost, and f...

Exploring adaptive locomotion with YaMoR, a novel autonomous modular robot with Bluetooth interface

Purpose – This paper aims to present a novel modular robot that provides a flexible framework for exploring adaptive locomotion. Design/methodology/approach – A new modular robot is presented called YaMoR (for “Yet another Modular Robot”). Each YaMoR module contains an FPGA and a microcontroller supporting a wide range of control strategies and high computational power. The Bluetooth interface ...

Capabilities of a Modular Robot with Eight Pit h - Yaw - Conne