@conference { , title = {Self-assembly in heterogeneous modular robots}, abstract = {This paper describes the distributed self-assembly of a multi-robot ‘organism’ from a swarm of autonomous heterogeneous modular mobile robots. A distributed self-assembly strategy based on a symbol sequence representation is proposed. Constructed from a tree representation of an organism, the symbol sequence is presented as a well organised nested structure in a compact format. It includes not only information on the topology of the organism but also how the organism will be self-assembled. The proposed approach has been tested with real robot prototypes. Results show that robots can successfully self-assemble to required target body plans within certain time frames.}, conference = {International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems}, publicationstatus = {Unpublished}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/941997}, keyword = {Science Communication Unit, swarm robotics, self-assembly, modular robots}, year = {2012}, author = {Liu, Wenguo and Winfield, Alan F.T.} }