@TechReport{Dartmouth:TR98-342, author = {Craig McGray and Daniela Rus}, title = {{Abstractions for Simplifying Planning in Self-Reconfigurable Robotic Systems}}, institution = {Dartmouth College, Computer Science}, address = {Hanover, NH}, number = {PCS-TR98-342}, year = {1998}, month = {October}, URL = {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. } }