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Modular robot networking: a novel schema and its performance assessment

Holdcroft, Kevin  
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Bolotnikova, Anastasia  
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Belke, Christoph  
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January 1, 2022
2022 Ieee/Rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots And Systems (Iros)
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Modular robots (MRs) consist of unique robots which interconnect and work as a collective to perform objectives. Coordinating these robots rely on robust communication, as modules moving independently can lead to damaging behaviour. We present a robust structure for modular robot communication, implemented and tested on a new MR. The structure has different communication protocols depending on the importance and bandwidth of the exchanged information, has fast error responses, and considerations which allow for two modules to actuate the same joint. We evaluate the wireless protocols, novel error response, and coordinated actuation empirically, validating the system on a new modular robot, the Mori3. We find two wireless protocols can be used to balance speed and reliability; transmitting errors through both wireless and serial is more consistent and faster; and sharing motor targets, control variables, and measurements allow for motors to operate a shared joint with equal efforts.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981688
Web of Science ID

WOS:000909405304011

Author(s)
Holdcroft, Kevin  
Bolotnikova, Anastasia  
Belke, Christoph  
Paik, Jamie  
Date Issued

2022-01-01

Publisher

IEEE

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2022 Ieee/Rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots And Systems (Iros)
ISBN of the book

978-1-6654-7927-1

Series title/Series vol.

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Start page

12698

End page

12705

Subjects

Automation & Control Systems

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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic

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Robotics

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Automation & Control Systems

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Computer Science

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Engineering

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Robotics

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

Event nameEvent placeEvent date
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Kyoto, JAPAN

Oct 23-27, 2022

Available on Infoscience
March 27, 2023
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/196417
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