Programmable Matter
Imagine thousands of little cubes autonomously assembling into any shape you want.
If the structure breaks it fixes itself. And when you’re done, it disassembles. That's the idea behind
self-reconfigurable robotics. It's like lego, but autonomous (and really hard to figure out). In my grad school work
so far I have developed components of a stochastic fluidic assembly system. You can read more about this on our lab website.
Too much text? Try the poster!
Publications
- Tolley M. T., Kalontarov M., Neubert J., Erickson D., Lipson H. (2010) "Stochastic Modular Robotic Systems: A Study of Fluidic Assembly Strategies", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 26, pp. 518-530. PDF
- Neubert, J., Cantwell, A., Constantin, S., Kalontarov, M., Erickson, D., Lipson, H. (2010) "A Robotic Module for Stochastic Fluidic Assembly of 3D Self-Reconfiguring Structures", Proc. Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'10), Anchorage AK, May 2010, pp 2479-2484. PDF
Tetrabot
Tetrabot is a tetrahedral machine I built during a stay at Cornell in summer 2007.
While most machines avoid resonce (because it breaks them) this machine exploits resonance for moving
- much like humans and animals do. What's so cool about tetrabot is that you can fully enclose it
and it still moves. There's no need to worry about sand, dirt or water getting into the gears!
Publications
- Neubert, J., Stockton, J., Blechman, B., Lipson, H. (2010) "Tetrabot: Resonance Based Locomotion for Harsh Enviroments", Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'10), Taipei, Rep. of China (Taiwan), October 2010, in press.
Data logging for a
Formula Student Car
Formula Student is a
competition where students design, make and race small size racing cars. I was involved in a team
project to build an autonomous data logging device to fit into Imperial College London's car in
2006/7. The project deviated a little and in the end we helped out in drop testing a lot but also
delivered a robust data logger that ran off the car's on-board power system. The system was based
on some National Instruments hardware and programmed in LabVIEW.