Self Sufficiency Of An Autonomous Reconfigurable Modular Robotic Organism

Author : Raja Humza Qadir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319102894

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Self-Sufficiency of an Autonomous Reconfigurable Modular Robotic Organism by Raja Humza Qadir Pdf

This book describes how the principle of self-sufficiency can be applied to a reconfigurable modular robotic organism. It shows the design considerations for a novel REPLICATOR robotic platform, both hardware and software, featuring the behavioral characteristics of social insect colonies. Following a comprehensive overview of some of the bio-inspired techniques already available, and of the state-of-the-art in re-configurable modular robotic systems, the book presents a novel power management system with fault-tolerant energy sharing, as well as its implementation in the REPLICATOR robotic modules. In addition, the book discusses, for the first time, the concept of “artificial energy homeostasis” in the context of a modular robotic organism, and shows its verification on a custom-designed simulation framework in different dynamic power distribution and fault tolerance scenarios. This book offers an ideal reference guide for both hardware engineers and software developers involved in the design and implementation of autonomous robotic systems.

Author : Yan Meng,Yaochu Jin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642207594

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Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems by Yan Meng,Yaochu Jin Pdf

Self-organizing approaches inspired from biological systems, such as social insects, genetic, molecular and cellular systems under morphogenesis, and human mental development, has enjoyed great success in advanced robotic systems that need to work in dynamic and changing environments. Compared with classical control methods for robotic systems, the major advantages of bio-inspired self-organizing robotic systems include robustness, self-repair and self-healing in the presence of system failures and/or malfunctions, high adaptability to environmental changes, and autonomous self-organization and self-reconfiguration without a centralized control. “Bio-inspired Self-organizing Robotic Systems” provides a valuable reference for scientists, practitioners and research students working on developing control algorithms for self-organizing engineered collective systems, such as swarm robotic systems, self-reconfigurable modular robots, smart material based robotic devices, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellite constellations.

Author : Kasper Stoy,David Brandt,David J. Christensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Adaptive control systems
ISBN : UCSD:31822037169638

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Self-reconfigurable Robots by Kasper Stoy,David Brandt,David J. Christensen Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the growing field of self-reconfigurable robots that discusses the history of the field, design considerations, and control strategies. Self-reconfigurable robots are constructed of robotic modules that can be connected in many different ways. These modules move in relationship to each other, which allows the robot as a whole to change shape. This shapeshifting makes it possible for the robots to adapt and optimize their shapes for different tasks. Thus, a self-reconfigurable robot can first assume the shape of a rolling track to cover distance quickly, then the shape of a snake to explore a narrow space, and finally the shape of a hexapod to carry an artifact back to the starting point. The field of self-reconfigurable robots has seen significant progress over the last twenty years, and this book collects and synthesizes existing research previously only available in widely scattered individual papers, offering an accessible guide to the latest information on self-reconfigurable robots for researchers and students interested in the field. Self-Reconfigurable Robots focuses on conveying the intuition behind the design and control of self-reconfigurable robots rather than technical details. Suggestions for further reading refer readers to the underlying sources of technical information. The book includes descriptions of existing robots and a brief history of the field; discussion of module design considerations, including module geometry, connector design, and computing and communication infrastructure; an in-depth presentation of strategies for controlling self-reconfiguration and locomotion; and exploration of future research challenges.

Author : Paul Levi,Serge Kernbach
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642116926

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Symbiotic Multi-Robot Organisms by Paul Levi,Serge Kernbach Pdf

This book examines the evolution of self-organised multicellular structures, and the remarkable transition from unicellular to multicellular life. It shows the way forward in developing new robotic entities that are versatile, cooperative and self-configuring.

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PKEY:6610000386178

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Self Reconfiguring Modular Robot by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What Is Self Reconfiguring Modular Robot Self-reconfigurable modular robots are autonomous kinematic machines that may take on a variety of shapes and configurations. They are also known as modular self-reconfiguring robotic systems. In addition to the conventional actuation, sensing, and control that are typically found in fixed-morphology robots, self-reconfiguring robots have the ability to deliberately change their own shape by rearranging the connectivity of their parts. This enables them to adapt to new circumstances, perform new tasks, or recover from damage more quickly than fixed-morphology robots. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Self-reconfiguring modular robot Chapter 2: Robot Chapter 3: Reconfigurable computing Chapter 4: Utility fog Chapter 5: Ant colony optimization algorithms Chapter 6: Swarm intelligence Chapter 7: Claytronics Chapter 8: Reconfigurable manufacturing system Chapter 9: Control reconfiguration Chapter 10: Programmable matter Chapter 11: Physicomimetics Chapter 12: Webots Chapter 13: Daniela L. Rus Chapter 14: Robotics Chapter 15: MIBE architecture Chapter 16: Morphogenetic robotics Chapter 17: Torch (machine learning) Chapter 18: Kilobot Chapter 19: Molecubes Chapter 20: Soft robotics Chapter 21: Continuum robot (II) Answering the public top questions about self reconfiguring modular robot. (III) Real world examples for the usage of self reconfiguring modular robot in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of self reconfiguring modular robot' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of self reconfiguring modular robot.

Author : Satoshi Murata,Haruhisa Kurokawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9784431540540

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Self-Organizing Robots by Satoshi Murata,Haruhisa Kurokawa Pdf

It is man’s ongoing hope that a machine could somehow adapt to its environment by reorganizing itself. This is what the notion of self-organizing robots is based on. The theme of this book is to examine the feasibility of creating such robots within the limitations of current mechanical engineering. The topics comprise the following aspects of such a pursuit: the philosophy of design of self-organizing mechanical systems; self-organization in biological systems; the history of self-organizing mechanical systems; a case study of a self-assembling/self-repairing system as an autonomous distributed system; a self-organizing robot that can create its own shape and robotic motion; implementation and instrumentation of self-organizing robots; and the future of self-organizing robots. All topics are illustrated with many up-to-date examples, including those from the authors’ own work. The book does not require advanced knowledge of mathematics to be understood, and will be of great benefit to students in the robotics discipline, including in the areas of mechanics, control, electronics, and computer science. It is also an important source for researchers who wish to investigate the field of robotics or who have an interest in the application of self-organizing phenomena.

Author : Hajime Asama,Haruhisa Kurokawa,Jun Ota,Kosuke Sekiyama
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642006449

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Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 8 by Hajime Asama,Haruhisa Kurokawa,Jun Ota,Kosuke Sekiyama Pdf

The International Symposia on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) started at Riken, Japan in 1992. Since then, the DARS symposia have been held every two years: in 1994 and 1996 in Japan (Riken, Wako), in 1998 in Germany (Karlsruhe), in 2000 in the USA (Knoxville, TN), in 2002 in Japan (Fukuoka), in 2004 in France (Toulouse), and in 2006 in the USA (Minneapolis, MN). The 9th DARS symposium, which was held during November 17–19 in T- kuba, Japan, hosted 84 participants from 13 countries. The 48 papers presented there were selected through rigorous peer review with a 50% acceptance ratio. Along with three invited talks, they addressed the spreading research fields of DARS, which are classifiable along two streams: theoretical and standard studies of DARS, and interdisciplinary studies using DARS concepts. The former stream includes multi-robot cooperation (task assignment methodology among multiple robots, multi-robot localization, etc.), swarm intelligence, and modular robots. The latter includes distributed sensing, mobiligence, ambient intelligence, and mul- agent systems interaction with human beings. This book not only offers readers the latest research results related to DARS from theoretical studies to application-oriented ones; it also describes the present trends of this field. With the diversity and depth revealed herein, we expect that DARS technologies will flourish soon.

Author : Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis,Andrew Adamatzky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319109244

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Robots and Lattice Automata by Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis,Andrew Adamatzky Pdf

The book gives a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research and engineering in theory and application of Lattice Automata in design and control of autonomous Robots. Automata and robots share the same notional meaning. Automata (originated from the latinization of the Greek word “αυτόματον”) as self-operating autonomous machines invented from ancient years can be easily considered the first steps of robotic-like efforts. Automata are mathematical models of Robots and also they are integral parts of robotic control systems. A Lattice Automaton is a regular array or a collective of finite state machines, or automata. The Automata update their states by the same rules depending on states of their immediate neighbours. In the context of this book, Lattice Automata are used in developing modular reconfigurable robotic systems, path planning and map exploration for robots, as robot controllers, synchronisation of robot collectives, robot vision, parallel robotic actuators. All chapters are written in an accessible manner and lavishly illustrated. The book will help computer and robotic scientists and engineers to understand mechanisms of decentralised functioning of robotic collectives and to design future and emergent reconfigurable, parallel and distributed robotic systems.

Author : Nadia Nedjah
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540497196

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Mobile Robots: The Evolutionary Approach by Nadia Nedjah Pdf

Researchers have obtained robots that display an amazing slew of behaviors and perform a multitude of tasks, including perception of environment, negotiating rough terrain, and pushing boxes. This volume offers a wide spectrum of sample works developed in leading research throughout the world about evolutionary mobile robotics and demonstrates the success of the technique in evolving efficient and capable mobile robots.

Author : Stefano Nolfi,Dario Floreano
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262140705

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Evolutionary Robotics by Stefano Nolfi,Dario Floreano Pdf

An overview of the basic concepts and methodologies of evolutionary robotics, which views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their own skills in close interaction with the environment and without human intervention.

Author : David S. F. Portree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Extravehicular activity (Manned space flight)
ISBN : UIUC:30112004759657

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Walking to Olympus by David S. F. Portree Pdf

Author : Walt Truszkowski,Harold Hallock,Christopher Rouff,Jay Karlin,James Rash,Michael Hinchey,Roy Sterritt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781846282331

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Autonomous and Autonomic Systems: With Applications to NASA Intelligent Spacecraft Operations and Exploration Systems by Walt Truszkowski,Harold Hallock,Christopher Rouff,Jay Karlin,James Rash,Michael Hinchey,Roy Sterritt Pdf

In the early 1990s, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center started researching and developing autonomous and autonomic ground and spacecraft control systems for future NASA missions. This research started by experimenting with and developing expert systems to automate ground station software and reduce the number of people needed to control a spacecraft. This was followed by research into agent-based technology to develop autonomous ground c- trol and spacecraft. Research into this area has now evolved into using the concepts of autonomic systems to make future space missions self-managing and giving them a high degree of survivability in the harsh environments in which they operate. This book describes much of the results of this research. In addition, it aimstodiscusstheneededsoftwaretomakefutureNASAspacemissionsmore completelyautonomousandautonomic.Thecoreofthesoftwareforthesenew missions has been written for other applications or is being applied gradually in current missions, or is in current development. It is intended that this book should document how NASA missions are becoming more autonomous and autonomic and should point to the way of making future missions highly - tonomous and autonomic. What is not covered is the supporting hardware of these missions or the intricate software that implements orbit and at- tude determination, on-board resource allocation, or planning and scheduling (though we refer to these technologies and give references for the interested reader).

Author : Abul K. M. Azad,N. J. Cowan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789814415941

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Adaptive Mobile Robotics by Abul K. M. Azad,N. J. Cowan Pdf

This book provides state-of-the-art scientific and engineering research findings and developments in the area of mobile robotics and associated support technologies. The book contains peer reviewed articles presented at the CLAWAR 2012 conference. Robots are no longer confined to industrial and manufacturing environments. A great deal of interest is invested in the use of robots outside the factory environment. The CLAWAR conference series, established as a high profile international event, acts as a platform for dissemination of research and development findings and supports such a trend to address the current interest in mobile robotics to meet the needs of mankind in various sectors of the society. These include personal care, public health, services in the domestic, public and industrial environments. The editors of the book have extensive research experience and publications in the area of robotics in general and in mobile robotics specifically, and their experience is reflected in editing the contents of the book.

Author : Ana Cavalcanti,Brijesh Dongol,Rob Hierons,Jon Timmis,Jim Woodcock
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030664947

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Software Engineering for Robotics by Ana Cavalcanti,Brijesh Dongol,Rob Hierons,Jon Timmis,Jim Woodcock Pdf

The topics covered in this book range from modeling and programming languages and environments, via approaches for design and verification, to issues of ethics and regulation. In terms of techniques, there are results on model-based engineering, product lines, mission specification, component-based development, simulation, testing, and proof. Applications range from manufacturing to service robots, to autonomous vehicles, and even robots than evolve in the real world. A final chapter summarizes issues on ethics and regulation based on discussions from a panel of experts. The origin of this book is a two-day event, entitled RoboSoft, that took place in November 2019, in London. Organized with the generous support of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the University of York, UK, RoboSoft brought together more than 100 scientists, engineers and practitioners from all over the world, representing 70 international institutions. The intended readership includes researchers and practitioners with all levels of experience interested in working in the area of robotics, and software engineering more generally. The chapters are all self-contained, include explanations of the core concepts, and finish with a discussion of directions for further work. Chapters 'Towards Autonomous Robot Evolution', 'Composition, Separation of Roles and Model-Driven Approaches as Enabler of a Robotics Software Ecosystem' and 'Verifiable Autonomy and Responsible Robotics' are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Louis Redding,Rajkumar Roy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319121116

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Through-life Engineering Services by Louis Redding,Rajkumar Roy Pdf

Demonstrating the latest research and analysis in the area of through-life engineering services (TES), this book utilizes case studies and expert analysis from an international array of practitioners and researchers – who together represent multiple manufacturing sectors: aerospace, railway and automotive – to maximize reader insights into the field of through-life engineering services. As part of the EPSRC Centre in Through-life Engineering Services program to support the academic and industrial community, this book presents an overview of non-destructive testing techniques and applications and provides the reader with the information needed to assess degradation and possible automation of through-life engineering service activities . The latest developments in maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) are presented with emphasis on cleaning technologies, repair and overhaul approaches and planning and digital assistance. The impact of these technologies on sustainable enterprises is also analyzed. This book will help to support the existing TES community and will provide future studies with a strong base from which to analyze and apply techn9olgical trends to real world examples.