Experiment of self-reconfiguration by 9 module

  As MTRAN is rather smaller and lighter than ever, both self-reconfiguration and dynamical motion of a group is made possible.

 In the following experiment, a group of 9 modules reconfigures itself from crawler type to quadruped type and moves.  This is the world's first experiment of 3-D self-reconfiguration (Motion picture mpeg: 7.8MB, Realmedia: 3MB).

Initial configuration	Reconfiguration to crawler	Motion by crawling
Reconfiguration to quadruped robot		Motion by 4 legs

In this experiment, motion of all the modules are controlled by a host computer via cables to one of the modules. From this module, power and control commands are distributed to all the modules.