Abstract
Er the local environmentalconditions to perform coordinated and usefulwork, such as repairing a damaged structure, transportingartifacts, or manipulating surface properties.Modular reconfigurable robots have a number ofother advantages over their more traditional, fixedarchitecturecounterparts. First, they support multiplemodalities of locomotion and manipulation. Forexample, if a particular robot system needs to climbstairs, it would reconfigure itself so it can crawl upstairs. If...

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