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A reconfiguration strategy for modular robots using origami folding

Yao, Meibao
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Belke, Christoph  
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Cui, Hutao
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December 5, 2018
The International Journal of Robotics Research

Reconfigurability in versatile systems of modular robots is achieved by changing the morphology of the overall structure as well as by connecting and disconnecting modules. Recurrent connectivity changes can cause misalignment that leads to mechanical failure of the system. This paper presents a new approach to reconfiguration, inspired by the art of origami, that eliminates connectivity changes during transformation. Our method consists of an energy-optimal reconfiguration planner that generates an initial 2D assembly pattern and an actuation sequence of the modular units, both resulting in minimum energy consumption. The algorithmic framework includes two approaches, an automatic modeling algorithm as well as a heuristic algorithm. We further demonstrate the effectiveness of our method by applying the algorithms to Mori, a modular origami robot, in simulation. Our results show that the heuristic algorithm yields reconfiguration schemes with high quality, compared with the automatic modeling algorithm, simultaneously saving a considerable amount of computational time and effort.

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research article
DOI
10.1177/0278364918815757
Author(s)
Yao, Meibao
Belke, Christoph  
Cui, Hutao
Paik, Jamie
Date Issued

2018-12-05

Published in
The International Journal of Robotics Research
Article Number

027836491881575

Subjects

Modular robotics

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Optimal reconfiguration

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Computational origami

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Heuristic algorithm

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