Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia

UniversitÁ Degli Studi Di Genova

Alessio Margan

Nikolaos Tsagarakis

Stefano Cordasco

Arturo Laurenzi

Lorenzo Baccelliere

Edoardo Romiti

Navvab Kashiri

Luca Muratore

Jörn Malzahn

Enrico Mingo Hoffman

A modular configurable robot, comprising robot modules comprising a coupling mechanism including an electrical coupling member comprising a network communication signal connection, an arrangement forming upon coupling an orientation signal, an integrated circuit comprising a microcontroller circuit with unique identification code and I/O ports coupled to said electrical coupling to receive orientation electrical signal, a communication slave module comprising ports and registers storing state values of the ports, one port pre-designated as input, the ports being open or closed depending on the port state, the robot comprising a master communication module forming with said slave modules a master slave communication network topology, a server hosting a database of robot module parameters, accessible by unique identification code, said master module retrieving from said communication slave module the unique identification code, and from the database robot module parameters, and from said microcontroller circuit said information of a relative orientation.

Modular configurable robot, corresponding method and computer program product

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Genoa, Italy

Alessio Margan