Unknown - Self Assembling Robotic Cluster
Another self-similar robot capable of self-assembly and self-organization.
Archive for Robots - Swarm
MultiScale Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich - StomachBot: Magnetic Self-Assembly of Swallowable Modular Robots
Modular robotic system that can be swallowed and will assemble inside the G.I. Tract for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. This research involves the investigation of the self-assembly of the ARES robot inside the stomach. Using a specific magnet configuration on the connection face, assembly success rates of up to 90% are possible.
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Shuhei Miyashita, Juan Pablo Carbajal, Max Lungarella, and Rolf Pfeifer - Tribolon
Taking inspiration from biological examples of self-assembly, this robot is built of built a series of modular robotic systems consisting of cm size autonomous plastic tiles capable of aggregation on the surface of water.
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Unknown - Hexapod Robot CNC Router
Incredible robotic creation device. Just imagine if we had swarms of synced devices.
Unknown - Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
Amazing video. Look at the black all-consuming digital swarm that affects space and objects.
Various - Cyborg Insects
Researchers have already developed remote control systems for rats, pigeons and even sharks. The motivation is simple: why labour for years to build robots that imitate the ways animals move when you can just plug into living creatures and hijack systems already optimised by millions of years of evolution? “There’s a long history of trying to develop micro-robots that could be sent out as autonomous devices, but I think many engineers have realised that they can’t improve on Mother Nature,” says insect neurobiologist John Hildebrand at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Furthermore, animals’ sensory abilities far outstrip the vast majority of artificial sensors. Sharks, moths and rats, for example, have amazing olfactory systems that allow them to detect the faintest traces of chemicals. And if you can hide your control system within your cyborg’s body, it would be virtually indistinguishable from its unadulterated kin - the perfect spy.
José Delgado at Yale University created the first cyborg animal in the 1950s. Delgado discovered where to insert electrodes in the brains of several species, including bulls, to acquire crude control of their movement. In one dramatic demonstration in 1963, he stood in a bullring in Córdoba, Spain, as one of his cyborg bulls charged at him. With just seconds between him and a good goring, Delgado flicked a switch and the bull skidded to a halt.
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James McLurkin - Swarm Robotics
To create robots that can explore caves, landmines or even Mars, the robots must be plentiful and autonomous. The Swarm, a fleet of 100 robots, runs on the Swarm Operating System (SwarmOS), which is based on distributed algorithms that allow the input or commands to be divided among multiple recipients. This software is also scalable, so that the number of robots in the swarm can increase or decrease without affecting the work accomplishments of the group. While a centralized system is easier to program and control, it is not readily scalable and thus does not react well if one member of the group fails to perform during the task. Distributed algorithms also set the platform for local communications among the robots so each can work independently toward achieving one common goal.
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Modlab (U Penn) - ckBot
Finally…a self assembling robot for real. OMG!
This project introduces a new challenge problem: designing robotic systems to recover after disassembly from high-energy events and a first implemented solution of a simplified problem. The Self-reassembly After Explosion (SAE ) problem involves a system putting itself back together after being exploded. Explosion in this context is defined as the rapid, randomized disassembly of a system from a high-energy event. Vision-based guided localization is used here for self-reassembly. Integration of various communication schemes (CAN-BUS, local IR) are incorporated at the various states of the reassembly sequence (e.g., localization, docking, walking).
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