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Distributed robotic systems are often considered particularly
appropriate for inhospitable and rapidly changing environments. Future
teams of distributed robots operating in space, in search and rescue
conditions, or even inside the human body, will need to work together
to overcome the physical limitations of individual robots. For these
systems to display efficient physical cooperation, it is a
prerequisite that they are able to form larger composite robotic
entities with morphologies appropriate to the tasks and environmental
conditions encountered.
In chapter to be inserted in the book Morphogenetic Engineering (details to be inserted), we present our ongoing research on giving robots the capacity to self-assemble in order to overcome different obstacles. Below, we have added videos of some of the experiments discussed in the chapter.
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