Movies

This page and its links are no longer maintained or updated. They serve as a historical record only. All movies are now uploaded to our archival Google Drive account.

Centipede

• Centipede Fiberglass Δ
  This movie shows SLIP locomotion. Legs are made out of fiberglass.
• Centipede V1.2
  An older version this gait.
• Falling cat Δ
  Falling cat dynamics.

Self-Assembly Demo

• YouTube
• sae_o.mpg Δ
  no comments
• sae.mpg Δ
  with comments

Dynamic Rolling

• rollingModes.mp4
  This movie shows three modes of rolling, 1) kinematic rolling 2) failed kinematic rolling 3) dynamic rolling
• rollingJoystick.mp4
  This movie shows dynamic rolling under user teleoperated control moving forward and backward.
• rollingScaling.mp4
  This movie shows dynamic rolling gaits with 4 different sizes: 8 modules, 10 modules, 12 modules and 14 modules.
• rollingSlopes.mp4
  This movie shows dynamic rolling up and down a 5 degree incline.

Configuration Recognition and IR Fault Tolerance

• quadj2s.avi Δ
• quad1.avi Δ
  infrared controlled distributed algorithm. A majority of modules vote on IR signals; the majority determines actions. Robust in the presence of failed IR receivers. Joystick controlled.
• reconf.avi Δ
  Automatic configuration recognition for ckBot. Determinant of adjacency matrix finds match; permutation function finds mapping.
• cater1.avi Δ

XBot: External Actuation for Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots

• movies

New People Demos

Screen shot of yim_kick.mpg

• Kate Demo.mp4 - by Kate
• KateDemowithJoystick.mp4 - by Kate
• yim_stand.mpg Δ - by Kris
• yim_kick.mpg - by Kris
• jonkruse.mp4 - by Jon
• YesNoBot_ChrisBaldassano.wmv - by Chris Baldassano
• Vbot.wmv - by Jedtsada Laucharoen
• SearchSlug.wmv - by Alex Tozzo
• ConfigA8_Gaussian_Pulse_Gait_new.mpg
• ConfigA8_Rocking_U_Gait.mpg
• Obstacles.avi Δ - by Jon

Miscellaneous

• ConfigB3_CrawlAndTurn_Gait.mpeg
• skate.mpg
• slinky7.mpg
• snakeWheeled2.mpg
• loop2snake.mpg
• ConfigA2_Crawl_Gait.mpg
• ConfigA8_EndOver_Gait_new.mpg

ICRA Competition

• repair_solar_panels.m4v Δ - contingency day 1 competition 2008