Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots
Researchers at MIT's CSAIL HCI Engineering Group have developed modular cube-based self-reconfigurable robots named ElectroVoxel that use electromagnet-powered actuation embedded into each cube's edge to reconfigure in three dimensions via pivoting. Self-reconfiguring modular robots on an air table. Image credit: MIT's CSAIL HCI Engineering Group In the experiment, they used three-dimensional self-reconfigurable robots and showed 2D and 3D self-reconfiguration using pivot and traversal maneuvers on an air table and in microgravity on a parabolic flight. Self-reconfigurable cube robots in microgravity. Image credit: MIT's CSAIL HCI Engineering Group Self-reconfigurable cube robots in microgravity. Image credit: MIT's CSAIL HCI Engineering Group The…