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A series of robots have been developed by overlapping project teams at the Shadow Robot Company. The development history is recounted highlighting modularity and reuse. Lessons learned for modularity are recounted.
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The Shadow Robot Company. (2006). Modularity and Component Reuse at the Shadow Robot Company. In: Tokhi, M.O., Virk, G.S., Hossain, M.A. (eds) Climbing and Walking Robots. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26415-9_84
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