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Modular Robot Architectures

Modular Robot Architecture is a robotic system design paradigm that belongs to the class of mobile robot architectures and is distinguished by its organization into physically and functionally independent, interchangeable subsystems or modules that can be reconfigured to adapt to different tasks, environments, or operational requirements.

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A robust layered control system for a mobile robot

Rodney A. Brooks · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation · 1986 · 7.7K citations · Full text

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M-TRAN: self-reconfigurable modular robotic system

Shingo Murata, Eiichi Yoshida, Akiya Kamimura et al. · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics · 2002 · 569 citations

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Modular ATRON: modules for a self-reconfigurable robot

E.H. Ostergaard, Henrik Hautop Lund · 2005 · 305 citations

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Distributed Self-Reconfiguration of M-TRAN III Modular Robotic System

Haruhisa Kurokawa, Kohji Tomita, Akiya Kamimura et al. · The International Journal of Robotics Research · 2008 · 271 citations

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The CLARAty architecture for robotic autonomy

R. Volpe, Issa Nesnas, Tara Estlin et al. · 2002 · 258 citations

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  1. MY
    Mark Yim

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    15 publications · 699 citations

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  2. DR
    Daniela Rus

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    10 publications · 915 citations

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  3. KT
    Kohji Tomita

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. AJ
    Auke Jan Ijspeert

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    8 publications · 348 citations

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  5. AK
    Akiya Kamimura

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

    7 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

328

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    10.2K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    11 h-index

    44 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    38 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. University of Southern Denmark

    Odense, Denmark

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

    Tsukuba, Japan

    9 h-index

    41 publications

    5K citations

  7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    652 citations

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  1. Robotics and Autonomous Systems

    10 publications · 394 citations

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  2. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Autonomous Robots

    6 publications · 198 citations

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  4. The International Journal of Robotics Research

    IJRR · 6 publications · 644 citations

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  5. Mechanism and Machine Theory

    5 publications · 195 citations

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