Eciton robotica: Design and Algorithms for an Adaptive Self-Assembling Soft Robot Collective
Melinda Malley,Bahar Haghighat,Lucie Houel,Radhika Nagpal,Melinda Malley,Bahar Haghighat,Lucie Houel,Radhika Nagpal
Social insects successfully create bridges, rafts, nests and other structures out of their own bodies and do so with no centralized control system, simply by following local rules. For example, while traversing rough terrain, army ants (genus Eciton) build bridges which grow and dissolve in response to local traffic. Because these self-assembled structures incorporate smart, flexible materials (i....
