@inproceedings{SJ:BK:SP:EP:AS:DC:TT:YW:TS:MY:FCP:JK:18,
title = {Variable Topology Truss: Hardware Overview, Reconfiguration Planning and Locomotion},
author = {Jeong, Seongjae and Kim, Byungheon and Park, Sumin and Park, Eugene and Spinos, Alexander and Carroll, Devin and Tsabedze, Thulani and Weng, Yulai and Seo, TaeWon and Yim, Mark and Park, Frank C. and Kim, Jongwon},
booktitle = {2018 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR)},
year = {2018},
month = {June},
}
@inproceedings{AS:DC:TK:MY:17,
title = {Variable Topology Truss: Design and Analysis},
author = {Spinos, Alexander and Carroll, Devin and Kientz, Terry and Yim, Mark},
booktitle = {2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
address = {Vancouver, Canada},
year = {2017},
pdf={http://www.modlabupenn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/spinos2017vttdesign.pdf}
}
@inproceedings{DC:MY:17,
title = {Truss Optimization with Random Piecewise Linear Beams},
author = {Carroll, Devin and Yim, Mark},
booktitle = {2017 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE)},
address = {Tampa, Florida},
year = {2017},
}
Variable Topology Trusses (VTT) are a new class of self-reconfigurable robot. A VTT consists of linear actuators for the truss members, which are joined at the truss nodes by a special reconfigurable spherical joint. The VTT can reconfigure by merging and splitting these truss nodes.
Variable Topology Trusses (VTT) are a new class of self-reconfigurable robot. A VTT consists of linear actuators for the truss members, which are joined at the truss nodes by a special reconfigurable spherical joint. The VTT can reconfigure by merging and splitting these truss nodes.