Controlling Self-Reconfiguration using Cellular Automata and Gradients

The kinematics of hyper-redundant robot locomotion

Gregory S. Chirikjian, Joel W. Burdick · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · 1995 · 399 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering +16

Self-assembling machine

Shingo Murata, H. Kurokawa, S. Kokaji · 2002 · 368 citations

Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering +7

Useful metrics for modular robot motion planning

A. Pamecha, Imme Ebert‐Uphoff, Gregory S. Chirikjian · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · 1997 · 248 citations

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Distributed Control for 3D Metamorphosis

Mark Yim, Ying Zhang, John Lamping · Autonomous Robots · 2001 · 183 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Robotics Engineering +10

Evaluating efficiency of self-reconfiguration in a class of modular robots

Gregory S. Chirikjian, A. Pamecha, Imme Ebert‐Uphoff · Journal of Robotic Systems · 1996 · 172 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering +13