Three ATRON meta-modules self-reconfigures

The ATRON self-recongurable robot consists of simple interconnected modules which can self-reconfigure. Motion constraints of the individual modules are reduced by using meta-modules composed of three modules.

In this video three meta-modules move on the same surface of modules. They do not communicate so they collide with one another, but the control system is able to tolerate this so that they can co-exist. The second part of the video shows in simulation how this meta-module based control approach can be scaled up to hundreds or more modules.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Self-Reconfiguration
• Modular
• Robot
• Meta-Module
• Distributed
• Control

[ex1unodrift]

imagine the apliccations in nanotechnology...

t 1000 tech

[SilverDHedgehog2]

0:39 its like "get the fuck outta my way!"

[sheaonemillion]

GODAMNIT I FUCKING LOVE THIS NOISE!



[comeriaso]

@ex1unodrift nano tech is frightening,don't do

[krap101]

Are these able to connect if they are not in the same plane? Seems like this would not be able to work on uneven surfaces, currently at least.

[UltraDrago2000]

I love how the last group of 3 was like god damn it you stupid hoes let me connect

[h19v91]

Who the hell is this Charles Micheal Collins? Is it a meme... some kind of joke or reference? Who is he?

[adasdadinator]

i dont see why the reg. modules cant just put them selves in a group of three, and do that stuff.