Reference : Distributed Prediction of Unsafe Reconfiguration Scenarios of Modular Robotic Program...
Scientific journals : Article
Engineering, computing & technology : Computer science
Engineering, computing & technology : Electrical & electronics engineering
Engineering, computing & technology : Mechanical engineering
Engineering, computing & technology : Multidisciplinary, general & others
Computational Sciences; Security, Reliability and Trust
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/50239
Distributed Prediction of Unsafe Reconfiguration Scenarios of Modular Robotic Programmable Matter
English
Piranda, Benoit [CNRS, FEMTO-ST Institute, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France]
Chodkiewicz, Paweł [Faculty of Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland]
Holobut, Paweł [Department of Mechanics of Materials, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland]
Bordas, Stéphane mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE)]
Bourgeois, Julien [CNRS, FEMTO-ST Institute, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France]
Lengiewicz, Jakub mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit]
2021
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
37
6
2226-2233
Yes (verified by ORBilu)
International
15523098
[en] Distributed algorithms ; Agricultural robots ; Differential equations ; Iterative methods ; Robotics ; Distributed framework ; Instability detections ; Iterative solutions ; Mechanical equilibrium ; Modular robotics ; Programmable matter ; Sliding contacts ; Modular robots
[en] We present a distributed framework for predicting whether a planned reconfiguration step of a modular robot will mechanically overload the structure, causing it to break or lose stability under its own weight. The algorithm is executed by the modular robot itself and based on a distributed iterative solution of mechanical equilibrium equations derived from a simplified model of the robot. The model treats intermodular connections as beams and assumes no-sliding contact between the modules and the ground. We also provide a procedure for simplified instability detection. The algorithm is verified in the Programmable Matter simulator VisibleSim, and in real-life experiments on the modular robotic system Blinky Blocks. © 2004-2012 IEEE.
811099, ANR-17-EURE-0002; ANR-15-IDEX-03; Université du Luxembourg; Horizon 2020: 2011/03/D/ST8/04089, 800150, ANR-16-CE33-0022-02
Researchers ; Professionals
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/50239
10.1109/TRO.2021.3074085
H2020 ; 800150 - MOrPhEM - Mechanics of Programmable Matter

File(s) associated to this reference

Fulltext file(s):

FileCommentaryVersionSizeAccess
Open access
PirandaEtAl_TRO_2021.pdfPublisher postprint1.62 MBView/Open

Bookmark and Share SFX Query

All documents in ORBilu are protected by a user license.