Modular Robotics PolyBot PARC - Modular Robotics - Chain - Demonstrations
PolyBot Versions: G1 • G1v4 • G2 • G3
G1 Distributed Manipulation
 

 A 4x4 array of 1DOF manipulators moving a sheet of paper

The same 4x4 array rotates a box

A 3x3 array of 2DOF manipulators

A 2x2 array of 3DOF manipulators pass a ball

 

References

"Two Approaches to Distributed Manipulation", Distributed Manipulation, ed. by H. Choset and K. Bohringer, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2000

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