Self-reconstruction Space Cellular Robot for Deep Space Exploration

In view of the changeful topography of the surface of the extraterrestrial planet, this paper presents a detection robot (Cell-robot) based on space cellular robotics system, which is in a complex unstructured environment. Cell-M cells can be restructured to form a more powerful assembly robot by connecting to other cell modules independently. The overall design scheme and mode of work of Cell-robot are introduced. The typical (linear configuration and multi legged configuration) configuration of Cell-robot constructed by self-reconstruction is analyzed. Experiments on autonomous connection and joint motion are carried out using a prototype to verify the extensibility of the connection and the diversity of the reconstructed motion.