The project explored meta-module self-configuration: identical segments that connect and disconnect to change the robot's overall morphology for the terrain in front of it.
Segment-level redundancy was the point. A damaged module could be isolated while the remaining chain continued to walk, an idea now visible in serviceable joint modules on commercial legged robots.
Reconfigurable robotics never reached volume production, but its modular-actuator legacy is directly present in the quadruped and humanoid platforms Coral Labs catalogues today.
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