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Heterogeneity for Increasing Performance and Reliability of Self-Reconfigurable Multi-Robot Organisms

Serge Kernbach, Florian Schlachter, Raja Humza, Jens Liedke, Sergej Popesku, Sheila Russo, Tommaso Ranzani, Luigi Manfredi, Cesare Stefanini, Rene Matthias, Christopher Schwarzer, Benjamin Girault, Patrick Alschbach, Eugen Meister, Oliver Scholz

Year
2011
Citations
14
Access
Open access

Abstract

Homogeneity and heterogeneity represent a well-known trade-off in the design of modular robot systems. This work addresses the heterogeneity concept, its rationales, design choices and performance evaluation. We introduce challenges for self-reconfigurable systems, show advances of mechatronic and software design of heterogeneous platforms and discuss experiments, which intend to demonstrate usability and performance of this system.

Keywords

Reliability (semiconductor)Computer scienceReliability engineeringRobotArtificial intelligenceEngineeringPhysics

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