Fable: Design of a Modular Robotic Playware Platform

Moises Pacheco; Mikael Moghadam; Arnþór Magnússon; B. Silverman; Henrik Hautop  Lund; David Johan Christensen

doi:10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630627

Fable: Design of a Modular Robotic Playware Platform

Moises Pacheco, Mikael Moghadam, Arnþór Magnússon, B. Silverman, Henrik Hautop Lund, David Johan Christensen

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We are developing the Fable modular robotic system as a playware platform that will enable non-expert users to develop robots ranging from advanced robotic toys to robotic solutions to problems encountered in their daily lives. This paper presents the mechanical design of Fable: a chain-based system composed of reconfigurable heterogeneous modules with a reliable and scalable connector. Furthermore, this paper describes tests where the connector design is tested with children, and presents examples of a moving snake and a quadruped robot, as well as an interactive upper humanoid
torso.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Number of pages	7
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2013
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-5641-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630627
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Duration: 6 May 2013 → 10 May 2013 https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/ras/conf/fullysponsored/icra/2013/

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Conference	2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Location	Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Karlsruhe
Period	06/05/2013 → 10/05/2013
Internet address	https://ewh.ieee.org/soc/ras/conf/fullysponsored/icra/2013/

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Pacheco, M, Moghadam, M, Magnússon, A, Silverman, B, Lund, HH & Christensen, DJ 2013, Fable: Design of a Modular Robotic Playware Platform. in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. IEEE, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation , Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 06/05/2013. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630627

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