Mode-selection and mode-switching of an autonomous motor composed of a camphor rotor and a mobile loop

► The present autonomous motor consists of a camphor rotor and a mobile loop. ► The autonomous motor indicates mode-selection and mode-switching of self-motion. ► The mode-selection could be generated depending on the state of a knot of the loop. ► Characteristic features of self-motion are reproduced and categorized by using a numerical model.