BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0 ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR98-342 ENTRY:: January 28, 2008 ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science TITLE:: Abstractions for Simplifying Planning in Self-Reconfigurable Robotic Systems TYPE:: Technical Report (paper) REVISION:: 1 AUTHOR:: McGray, Craig AUTHOR:: Rus, Daniela DATE:: October 1998 RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to Technical Report Librarian Department of Computer Science Dartmouth College 6211 Sudikoff Laboratory Hanover, NH 03755-3510 USA RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR98-342.pdf ABSTRACT:: In [KVRM], we described a three-dimensional self-reconfiguring robot module called the Molecule Robot. In this paper, we provide a system of abstractions for modules in self-reconfigurable robotic systems, and show how this system can be used to simplify the motion planning of the Molecule Robot system. END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR98-342