Abstract
This paper describes a cellular robot(C-Balls) consisting of soft spherical modules with on-board actuation, power, computation and wireless control system. The robot modules maintain connection and realize relative movement by utilizing magnetic force and friction force between driving units inside the soft modules. Preliminary tests of locomotion and deformation of the robot are proposed. The rolling experiment displays the mobility of the robot of two spherical modules. The deforming experiments indicate that the robot with five spherical modules deforms from linear to circular configuration successfully. Further more, a climbing experiment is conducted, which shows the robot can climb on various surfaces including soft materials.
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