Task-reconfigurable Robots: Navigators and Manipulators
| Author(s) : | Daniela L. Rus Keith D. Kotay, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 1997 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | Task-reconfigurable robots consist of a set of one or more identical autonomous modules that can adapt their shape and function to tasks. We describe a module that can function as a climbing robot, a manipulator, or a leg in a multi-legged walker. This module can make autonomous transitions between these states. We present the control algorithms that enable our robot to be a versatile navigator and manipulator and report on our experimental results., |