1. Programmable Matter

Programmable Matter is the definition of any technology intended to enable not just the instant creation of complex objects but also their transfiguration on command.

Modular self-reconfigurable robots is an application of Programmable Matter, designed with flexibility and versatility in mind. They are systems composed of multiple modules or units that can autonomously change their shape and configuration to adapt to different task and environment.

2. Scientific Results

“ DisCo: A Multiagent 3D Coordinate System for Lattice Based Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots” .

Conférence ICRA 2023 (COREA*)

Benoît Piranda, Frédéric Lassabe et Julien Bourgeois

•    Algorithm allowing the dissemination of a coordinate system in very large systems of modular robots.

•    Robust method for module orientation and communication failure.

•    Fully distributed algorithm, based on agents. Suitable for all types of connected robots.

3. Patent

Application Number: 44424,

Publication Number: MA 44424 A1, International Class: C22F 1/00

Flexible composite membrane with shape memory, programmable, reusable, and resettable

Collaboration between DISC and ENSAM (Morocco)