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A New Shape Shifting Robot

                                      

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ATRON is a "homegeneous unit modular self-reconfigurable robot system", more commonly known as a shape-shifting robot. Developed by Henrik Hautop Lund and other researchers at the Maersk Institute AdapTronics Group, ATRON is a cubic lattice of self-contained modules that can attach to each other, share power, and communicate to form a larger robot of the desired shape. Each module is composed of two hemispheres, connected by a slip-ring so they can rotate independently while still transferring power and communicating with each other. The "northern" hemisphere of each module contains an Atmel ATMega 128 microcontroller. Each module also contains internal and external sensors including a 2-axis accelerometer. For more details there is a short technical paper (PDF format) available describing the ATRON system. It includes photos and diagrams of the modules. Other papers on ATRON and self-reconfiguring robotics in general are available as is list of other self-reconfiguring robot projects. There is also an ATRON simulator. For the curious, the name is a combination of Atom and elecTRON and a play on the name of a previous shape-shifting robot called MTRAN (Modular TRANsformer). And, don't forget to see the recent NewScientist article submitted by The Swirling Brain that brought ATRON to my attention.

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