DESIGN OF MODULAR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS
| Author(s) | : | B S Balaji, Sharath Kumar K, Shravanth D, Swathi V N, Rakesh Gowda H L |
| Institution | : | Assistant Professor Department Electronics and Communication Engineering, BGSIT, B G Nagara |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 5 — May 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 632-636 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
We have proposed a self-reconfigurable robotic module, which has a very simple structure. The system iscapable of not only building static structure but generating dynamic robotic motion. We also developed a simulator formotion planning. In this paper, we present details of the mechanical / electrical design of the developed module and itscontrol system architecture. Experiments using ten modules demonstrate robotic configuration change, crawlinglocomotion and three types of quadruped locomotion. In this paper we examine the development of modular selfreconfigurable robots. A survey of existing modular robots is given. Some limitations of homogeneous designs andconnection mechanisms are discussed. Therefore, we propose a heterogeneous self-reconfigurable robot with genderless,fail-safe connecting mechanisms. We initially design three basic types (joint, power and special units) of module.
B S Balaji, Sharath Kumar K, Shravanth D, Swathi V N, Rakesh Gowda H L, “DESIGN OF MODULAR SELF-RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp. 632-636, May 2018.
