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Self-Repair Techniques Point to Robots That Design Themselves.

The article discusses research on self-repairing robots. Topics include the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing to repair robots, the use of evolutionary design algorithms to deal with robot repair, and problems with simulation-based techniques. The issue of processing time to make decisions is a...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 15 - 18
Main Author: Edwards, Chris
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Feb2016
Subjects:
Robot design & construction
Repairing
Evolutionary robotics
Computer performance
Algorithms
Robotics research
Robot control systems
Three-dimensional printing
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses research on self-repairing robots. Topics include the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing to repair robots, the use of evolutionary design algorithms to deal with robot repair, and problems with simulation-based techniques. The issue of processing time to make decisions is addressed. Comments by researchers including Kyrre Glette, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, and David Johan Christensen are presented.