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In this paper, we discuss the self-assembling capabilities of the swarm-bot, a distributed robotics concept that lies at the intersection between collective and self-reconfigurable robotics. A swarm-bot comprises autonomous mobile robots called s-bots. S-bots can either act independently or self-assemble into a swarm-bot by using their grippers. We report on experiments in which we study the process that leads a group of s-bots to self-assemble. In particular, we present results of experiments in which we vary the number of s-bots (up to 16 physical robots), their starting configurations and the properties of the terrain on which self-assembly takes place. In view of the very successful experimental results, swarmbot qualifies as the current state of the art in autonomous selfassembly.
Mahmut Selman Sakar, Zhangjun Huang, Murat Kaynak, Haiyan Jia
Rosario Scopelliti, Holger Frauenrath, Enzo Jean Raymond Bomal, Reuben Yeo Jueyuan, Vincent Matthieu Guillaume Croué