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StomachBot: Magnetic Self-Assembly of Swallowable Modular Robots by MultiScale Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich
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.
No Comments »DRL Self-Reconfiguration Algorithms with Cellular Automata
Researchers at the Dartmouth Robotics Laboratory have tested a number of different algorithms on digital models to test how algorithms are able to adapt to different types of variable input. The idea is that simple algorithms that work for an idealized system can then be instantiated on to a variety of actual systems while retaining the correctness of the generic algorithms.
Utility Fog by John Storrs Hall
Utility Fog is a hypothetical collection of tiny robots, envisioned by Dr. John Storrs Hall while he was thinking about a nanotechnological replacement for car seatbelts. The robots would be microscopic, with extending arms reaching in several different directions, and could perform lattice reconfiguration. Grabbers at the ends of the arms would allow the robots (or foglets) to mechanically link to one another and share both information and energy, enabling them to act as a continuous substance with mechanical and optical properties that could be varied over a wide range. Each foglet would have substantial computing power, and would be able to communicate with its neighbors.
CCSL Self Replication Robots
Hod Lipson at the Cornell Computational Synthesis Lab created intelligent robotic modules that have the ability to recreate themselves. This system was designed so that the number of modules could grow thus making it possible for the system as a whole to have more variation at a larger scale. These robots were made using 3d printing technology compounded with individual microprocessors. Self-similar modules have the ability to wirelessly connect and reconnect through electro-magnetic male-female connections.
Robert Miles Kemp Bio
Miles Kemp is the founder and principal of Variate LABS and Series Design/Build. Miles is currently developing a number of interface, robotic and spatial projects in Los Angeles, New York, London, Mexico City and Munich. Miles also works as a Senior User Experience Designer and Information Architect for Schematic Inc. specifically developing next generation interfaces for web, touch, gesture and other emerging technology platforms. In addition to his professional work, Miles also created and moderates a blog about robotics and emerging technologies in architecture, www.spatialrobots.com.
