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Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on self-reconfigurable robotic systems and modular robotics, exploring topics such as self-reconfiguration, swarm-bots, programmable matter, distributed control, microscale self-assembly, morphogenetic engineering, and collective construction. The research covers a wide range of applications and techniques for creating adaptive and reconfigurable robotic systems.

  • Self-Reconfiguration
  • Modular Robots
  • Self-Assembly
  • Swarm-Bots
  • Programmable Matter
  • Distributed Control
  • Microscale Self-Assembly
  • Morphogenetic Engineering
  • Capillary Forces
  • Collective Construction
Research works
38k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+43%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
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