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System for dynamically reconfigure wireless robot network

  • US 6,266,577 B1
  • Filed: 07/13/1998
  • Issued: 07/24/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A robot network having a plurality of robots, wherein each of the plurality of robots performs an assigned task according to a control logic, each robot of the network comprising:

  • a wireless transmitter which transmits performance data indicating a fitness level of the robot associated with the assigned task;

    a wireless receiver which receives the control logic of a selected set of the plurality of robots while the robot continues to operate, the control logic being selected based on the performance data transmitted by each robot; and

    a processor which reconfigures the control logic of the robot by producing a new control logic based on the received control logic.

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