Mergeable nervous systems for robots

Robots that can self-assemble into different morphologies are desired to perform tasks that require different physical capabilities. Mathews et al. design robots whose bodies and control systems can merge and split to form new robots that retain full sensorimotor control and act as a single entity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nithin Mathews, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O’Grady, Francesco Mondada, Marco Dorigo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00109-2