SnailBot: A Continuously Dockable Modular Self-reconfigurable Robot Using Rocker-bogie Suspension
Da Zhao,Tin Lun Lam,Da Zhao,Tin Lun Lam
This paper proposes a novel modular self-assembling, self-reconfiguring robot with the 3D continuous dock called “SnailBot”. SnailBot mainly consists of a spherical ferromagnetic shell and a six-wheel rocker chassis with embedded magnets. Unlike many other existing modular self-reconfigurable robots with fixed docking locations, SnailBot uses the 3D continuous dock to attach to its peers regardles...
