Keyword

shape-changing robots

Description: Robots designed to alter their physical geometry or configuration to adapt their movement, tasks, or interaction with environments.

Primary topic: Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (30%)

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Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions

2019 · Tianqi Xu, Jiachen Zhang, et al. · Science Robotics · 696

SUPERBOT: A Deployable, Multi-Functional, and Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robotic System

2006 · Behnam Salemi, Mark Moll, et al. · IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 308

A soft robot that adapts to environments through shape change

2020 · Dylan S. Shah, Joshua P. Powers, et al. · Nature Machine Intelligence · 212

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Tensegrity Robotics

2021 · Dylan S. Shah, Joran W. Booth, et al. · Soft Robotics · 162

Shape Changing Robots: Bioinspiration, Simulation, and Physical Realization

2020 · Dylan Shah, Bilige Yang, et al. · Advanced Materials · 152

An untethered isoperimetric soft robot

2020 · Nathan S. Usevitch, Zachary M. Hammond, et al. · Science Robotics · 152

ShapeBots: Shape-changing Swarm Robots

2019 · Ryo Suzuki, Clement Zheng, et al. · ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) · 134

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RoomShift: Room-scale Dynamic Haptics for VR with Furniture-moving Swarm Robots

2020 · Ryo Suzuki, Hooman Hedayati, et al. · CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems · 124

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Design and Locomotion Control of a Soft Robot Using Friction Manipulation and Motor–Tendon Actuation

2016 · Vishesh Vikas, Eliad Cohen, et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 106

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Caterpillar locomotion: A new model for soft- bodied climbing and burrowing robots

2006 · Barry A. Trimmer, Ann E. Takesian, et al. · 95

Using cellular automata and gradients to control self-reconfiguration

2005 · K. Stoy · Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 95

Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots

2009 · Mark Yim, Paul White, et al. · Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science · 86

Double-Modal Locomotion of a Hydrogel Ultra-Soft Magnetic Miniature Robot with Switchable Forms

2023 · Shihao Zhong, Zhengyuan Xin, et al. · Cyborg and Bionic Systems · 82

Low rattling: A predictive principle for self-organization in active collectives

2020 · Pavel Chvykov, Thomas A. Berrueta, et al. · Science · 81

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Hormone-controlled metamorphic robots

2002 · B. Salemi, Wei-Min Shen, et al. · Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings · 79

Dynamic rolling locomotion and control of modular robots

2002 · Woo Ho Lee, A.C. Sanderson · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · 74

Soft Origami Gripper with Variable Effective Length

2021 · Bohan Chen, Zhuyin Shao, et al. · Advanced Intelligent Systems · 70

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A Novel Reconfigurable Robot for Urban Search and Rescue

2006 · Houxiang Zhang, Wei Wang, et al. · International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems · 62

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Geometric Perspectives on the Mechanics and Control of Robotic Locomotion

1996 · Jim Ostrowski, Joel Burdick · Springer eBooks · 62

Morphological flexibility in robotic systems through physical polygon meshing

2023 · Christoph H. Belke, Kevin Holdcroft, et al. · Nature Machine Intelligence · 53

A Shape-Changing Wheeling and Jumping Robot Using Tensegrity Wheels and Bistable Mechanism

2023 · Sydney Spiegel, Jiefeng Sun, et al. · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics · 52

Fluid locomotion and trajectory planning for shape-changing robots

2003 · Joel W. Burdick, R. Mason · 52

Self-Organizing Robots

2012 · Satoshi Murata, Haruhisa Kurokawa · Springer tracts in advanced robotics · 46

Self-reconfiguring robots

1998 · D. Rus · IEEE Intelligent Systems and their Applications · 40

Morphing Robots Using Robotic Skins That Sculpt Clay

2019 · Dylan S. Shah, Michelle C. Yuen, et al. · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 38

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Citation count: 4,372