abstract = "Collective working allows microrobots to achieve more
functionality, better performance and higher
reliability on the macroscopic level. In this paper we
demonstrate the on-going work in developing novel
collective systems, where swarm robots work not only
collectively, but are also capable of autonomous
aggregation and disaggregation into a higher
multi-robot organism. The main issues of such an
organism, as well as its genome-based control, are
discussed. We show the developed docking approach and
investigate topological transformations in a prototype
of self-assembling robots.",
notes = "CEC 2007 - A joint meeting of the IEEE, the EPS, and
the IET.