In Robots Podcast episode #91, Per Sjoborg, founder of Flexibility Envelope, speaks with Martin Nilsson, Associate Professor at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science, about self-reconfigurable modular robotics in general and about Nilsson's work as part of the DRAGON (Distributed Real-time Autonomously Guided OrgaNisms) project in particular. Nilsson's snake-inspired robot is composed of a set of modules and DRAGON joints that enable the robot to physically connect and disconnect, share energy, and communicate.
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