Jan 2000 Dec 1999 HOME Fractal Satellites Fractal satellite construction is new way of producing satellites that are more modular and with built in self repair and self reconfiguration facilities.
Fractal robots are collections of cubic robots of different sizes that move under computer control.
There is space inside the cubes to integrate tooling using a fractal approach. There are many ways of building a fractal robot, but the simplest techniques will do for space related applications because in the absence of gravity there is less stressing of the mechanical components. As the coils switch on and off, the plates start moving against the magnets. A robotic cube built to such a design requires three faces of magnets and three of coils. Apart from the electronics, no other mechanisms is required.