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Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

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This cluster of papers focuses on self-reconfigurable robotic systems and modular robotics, exploring topics such as self-reconfiguration, swarm-bots, programmable matter, distributed control, microscale self-assembly, morphogenetic engineering, and collective construction. The research covers a wide range of applications and techniques for creating adaptive and reconfigurable robotic systems.

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swarm robotics; modular robots; self-reconfigurable robots; swarm robots; reconfigurable robots; programmable matter; modular self-reconfigurable robots; self-reconfiguration; robot reconfiguration; shape formation; collective robotics; modular reconfigurable robots; Kilobot; e-puck robots; shape-changing robots; metamorphic robots; reconfiguration planning; cellular robotic systems; mobile robot swarms; swarm aggregation; heterogeneous robot swarms; robot modules; local sensing; virtual pheromones; swarm communication

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Morton address: 38351003305247345 · morton4x16-v1

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