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Robotic drive system modularity

  • US 8,620,489 B2
  • Filed: 12/24/2010
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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