2008-01-10

M-Tran -- A Real Transformer (video)

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M-Tran From Japan Is A Real Transformer

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Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan have developed a modular robot, called M-Tran, which changes its shape depending on the situation it is in. The robot is compiled of a number of different modules which each contain different sensors and uses depending on the situation.

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(2) 4-Legged

Walking

After evolution
by GA
(5) Double-thread
Caterpillar
motion
(H-shape)
(11)
4-Leg walk ->
H-shape ->
Single-thread
Caterpillar
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prototype robot "M-TRAN III"
http://unit.aist.go.jp/is/dsysd/mtran/English/experimentE.htm
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