Postdoctoral Research in Distributed Robotics

[20202789] rus， DanielaDartmouth学院ecise实验计算机科学博士后助理：分布式机器人博士后研究这项提议的研究旨在通过使用自配置来创建更多功能的机器人：将大量模块化机器人自主组织和重组成几何结构。这种机器人的结构将非常适合各种环境模型（例如，地形，危险）和任务规范（例如，传感，操作）不确定的情况。为了创建这种性质的自主机器人系统，本研究的基本目标是为模块化自重新配置系统开发一个科学基础。该博士后研究助理将探索分布式规划和控制的新思路，并专注于通用而非特定于体系结构的算法。计划是使用现有的设计和机器人系统来证明这种算法在运动和简单操作任务中的适用性。

0202789Rus, DanielaDartmouth CollegeCISE Postdoctoral Associates in Experimental Computer Science: Postdoctoral Research in Distributed RoboticsThis proposed research is intended to create more versatile robots by using self-configuration: the autonomous organization and reorganization of large numbers of modular robots into geometric structures. Structures of such robots would be well-suited to a variety of situations where environmental models (e.g., terrain, hazards) and task specifications (e.g., sensing, manipulation) are uncertain. To create autonomous robotic systems of this nature, the fundamental goal of this research is to develop a science-base for modular self-reconfiguring systems. The postdoctoral research associate will explore new ideas on distributed planning and control and focus on general rather than architecture-specific algorithms. The plan is to use existing designs and robot systems to demonstrate the applicability of such algorithms to locomotion and simple manipulation tasks.