A robot made of robots: Emergent transport and control of a smarticle ensemble

Abstract
Directed locomotion of a collective robot composed of stochastically interacting immotile robots was achieved.
Funding Information
  • National Science Foundation (PoLS-0957659)
  • National Science Foundation (PHY-1205878)
  • National Science Foundation (DMR-1551095)
  • National Science Foundation (CBET-1637764)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Army Research Office (W911NF-13-1-0347)