Robotic drive system modularity
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1. In a computing environment, a robotic device comprising:
- a plurality of interchangeable mobility mechanisms of different types corresponding to different kinds of locomotion or other movement, or both locomotion and other movement, each mobility mechanism configured to be coupled to a computational intelligence system and decoupled from the computational intelligence system at different times, each mobility mechanism configured to support and move the computational intelligence system based upon instructions from the computational intelligence system;
the computational intelligence system configured with a processor, a memory and an interface, the computational intelligence system configured to provide instructions that drive a mobility mechanism when coupled to that mobility mechanism, and to operate in a stationary state including to output information to a human via the interface when decoupled from any mobility mechanism; and
a sensor set coupled to the intelligence system to provide one or more signals to the computational intelligence system by which the computational intelligence system detects whether a mobility mechanism is coupled or not.
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Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed towards a robot device including a computational intelligence system that can be coupled to/decoupled from different interchangeable mobility mechanisms at different times. The robot may operate with its intelligence portion detached from the mobility portion, whereby the intelligence portion may be easily to interact therewith out lifting the (typically dirty) mobility mechanism. The robot may operate according to a coupled state, a decoupled state, or in a transition state when being moved for purposes of coupling or decoupling.
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1. In a computing environment, a robotic device comprising:
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a plurality of interchangeable mobility mechanisms of different types corresponding to different kinds of locomotion or other movement, or both locomotion and other movement, each mobility mechanism configured to be coupled to a computational intelligence system and decoupled from the computational intelligence system at different times, each mobility mechanism configured to support and move the computational intelligence system based upon instructions from the computational intelligence system; the computational intelligence system configured with a processor, a memory and an interface, the computational intelligence system configured to provide instructions that drive a mobility mechanism when coupled to that mobility mechanism, and to operate in a stationary state including to output information to a human via the interface when decoupled from any mobility mechanism; and a sensor set coupled to the intelligence system to provide one or more signals to the computational intelligence system by which the computational intelligence system detects whether a mobility mechanism is coupled or not. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a computing environment, a method performed at least in part on at least one processor, comprising:
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detecting a decoupled state of a robot device, in which the decoupled state corresponds to a computational intelligence system being decoupled from a mobility mechanism; detecting a coupled state of a robot device, in which the coupled state corresponds to a computational intelligence system being coupled to a mobility mechanism; detecting a transition state of a robot device, in which the transition state corresponds to a computational intelligence system being decoupled from a mobility mechanism and being moved by another entity; and operating the robot device with at least one difference in the transition state relative to each other state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 19. In a computing environment, a robotic device comprising, a mobility mechanism and a computational intelligence system, the computational intelligence system configured to be coupled to the mobility mechanism and decoupled from the mobility mechanism, the computational intelligence system configured to operate in a stationary state when decoupled from the mobility mechanism, to operate in a transition state when decoupled from the mobility mechanism and being moved, and to operate in a coupled state in which the mobility mechanism is configured to support and move the computational intelligence system based upon instructions from the computational intelligence system.
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