Freeform Robotics

The vision of the Freeform Robotics Research Group is to create a general-purpose robotic swarm whose units can physically connect to form arbitrary shapes and functionalities, adapting seamlessly to diverse environments and tasks. This approach has the potential to fundamentally transform how robotic systems are designed and deployed — an impact comparable to that of additive manufacturing in traditional manufacturing.

Keywords: multi-robot systems · self-reconfigurable robots · modular robots · collaborative environment perception · collaborative relative localization · collaborative manipulation · mobile collaboration · multi-robot multi-task planning · swarm intelligence · decentralized control