AFRL Funds Development of Self-Reconfigurable SuperBots Published Dec. 4, 2007 By Air Force Office of Scientific Research AFOSR ARLINGTON, Va. -- An AFRL-sponsored research team from the University of Southern California is creating "SuperBots," self-reconfigurable robots capable not only of changing their logical or physical configurations (i.e., shapes, sizes, formations), but of altering their locomotion and manipulation to suit the mission and the environment. This research directly supports the Air Force vision of information dominance and the development of "anywhere, anytime" operational readiness by enhancing the warfighter's ability to quickly assimilate new information. The researchers will next focus on developing more adaptive behaviors for the SuperBot and exploring task-triggered self-reconfigurations for the device.