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Materials and mechanisms for amorphous robotic construction

Year: 2012

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We present and compare three different amorphous materials for robotic construction. By conforming to surfaces they are deposited on, such materials allow robots to reliably construct in unstructured terrain. However, using amorphous materials presents a challenge to robotic manipulation. We demonstrate how deposition of each material can be automated and compare their material properties, cost, and cost in time in order to evaluate their suitability for developing amorphous robotic construction system.

Source: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

DOI: 10.1109/iros.2012.6385718

Authors: Nils Napp, Olive R. Rappoli, Jessica M. Wu, Radhika Nagpal

Institutions: Harvard University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language: English

Topic: Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

OpenAlex ID: W2016668236

FWCI: 9.024

Cites: 13

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10