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Article: The design of a representation and analysis method for modular self-reconfigurable robots

TitleThe design of a representation and analysis method for modular self-reconfigurable robots
Authors
KeywordsGraph Theory
Incidence matrices
Modular robots
Neutral docking
Robot topology
Self-reconfigurations
Issue Date2008
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/rcim
Citation
Robotics And Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2008, v. 24 n. 2, p. 258-269 How to Cite?
AbstractFor Modular Self-Reconfigurable (MSR) robots to successfully reconfigure themselves, the control system must have the robot's topological structure before, during and after the reconfiguration process. Therefore, the module's docking status such as the docking orientation and the availability of docking ports must be ascertained before self-configuration takes place. This paper presents a representation method, based on labelled planar graphs and incidence matrices to represent the topologic structure of a group of connected modules. Essential information such as the orientations of the docked joints and docking ports are obtained from the labelled graph for reconfiguration. An innovative Hardware Orientation Detecting System (HODS) is proposed for detecting the orientation between two docking ports, which can be applied to all multi-orientation docking systems. An analytical method is also presented to determine whether a structure has enough degrees-of-freedom to perform self-reconfiguration. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/74276
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2023 Impact Factor: 9.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.906
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dc.date.issued2008en_HK
dc.identifier.citationRobotics And Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2008, v. 24 n. 2, p. 258-269en_HK
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dc.description.abstractFor Modular Self-Reconfigurable (MSR) robots to successfully reconfigure themselves, the control system must have the robot's topological structure before, during and after the reconfiguration process. Therefore, the module's docking status such as the docking orientation and the availability of docking ports must be ascertained before self-configuration takes place. This paper presents a representation method, based on labelled planar graphs and incidence matrices to represent the topologic structure of a group of connected modules. Essential information such as the orientations of the docked joints and docking ports are obtained from the labelled graph for reconfiguration. An innovative Hardware Orientation Detecting System (HODS) is proposed for detecting the orientation between two docking ports, which can be applied to all multi-orientation docking systems. An analytical method is also presented to determine whether a structure has enough degrees-of-freedom to perform self-reconfiguration. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/rcimen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofRobotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturingen_HK
dc.subjectGraph Theoryen_HK
dc.subjectIncidence matricesen_HK
dc.subjectModular robotsen_HK
dc.subjectNeutral dockingen_HK
dc.subjectRobot topologyen_HK
dc.subjectSelf-reconfigurationsen_HK
dc.titleThe design of a representation and analysis method for modular self-reconfigurable robotsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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